Mac Mini in a DeLorean?
Was the DeLorean made for anything else but driving around neighborhoods or highways in ‘Back to the Future‘ style? You certainly won’t think it would be good for other things, but it is.
When the Mac Mini came out, talks about custom car computing became very prominent. The Mac Mini was ideal for installation in cars because of its features and compact design. A company called Carnetix even came up with a DC-DC regulator for safely powering a Mac Mini from a 12V supply.
This owner of a DeLorean was also bent on getting a computer custom installed to his car, but he had a problem. He didn’t want the typical 7-inch touchscreen; he wanted a screen that was AT LEAST 20 inches wide. So he did to the DeLorean what everybody else wouldn’t do to their cars – he installed the Mac Mini and a screen larger than the usual screens in an area just beyond the car’s windshield.
Because of the many limitations he had to face with making his carputer, he came up with a solution that was definitely both convenient and ingenious: a projector was used for his DeLorean Mac Mini to give the 37-inch screen he had envisioned.
Not bad, eh? Know of anyone else who’s tried anything like this?
Was the DeLorean made for anything else but driving around neighborhoods or highways in ‘Back to the Future‘ style? You certainly won’t think it would be good for other things, but it is.
When the Mac Mini came out, talks about custom car computing became very prominent. The Mac Mini was ideal for installation in cars because of its features and compact design. A company called Carnetix even came up with a DC-DC regulator for safely powering a Mac Mini from a 12V supply.
This owner of a DeLorean was also bent on getting a computer custom installed to his car, but he had a problem. He didn’t want the typical 7-inch touchscreen; he wanted a screen that was AT LEAST 20 inches wide. So he did to the DeLorean what everybody else wouldn’t do to their cars – he installed the Mac Mini and a screen larger than the usual screens in an area just beyond the car’s windshield.
Because of the many limitations he had to face with making his carputer, he came up with a solution that was definitely both convenient and ingenious: a projector was used for his DeLorean Mac Mini to give the 37-inch screen he had envisioned.
Not bad, eh? Know of anyone else who’s tried anything like this?
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