The software he is running is Route 66.

B.

Nice use of the apple technology. Very impressive. I wonder if a car maker will ever use this as a stock configutation? Lots of moeny in it for all parties. i’d buy this feature

BTW, use of Front Row on a machine other than the 2nd gen iMac G5 requires it be, uh, procured by means of questionable legality.

nice hack, but does he really need to keep Word and Excel in the Dock?

friends don’t let friends use Microsoft Office and drive. (actually, friends don’t let friends use Microsoft Office, period)

Has anyone used Route 66 for GPS Nav before? I’m thinking about getting it for my powerbook and would like to know if it’s any good. Thanks!

Route 66 is o.k. to see where you are but it does not give spoken instructions or advance warnings when to take an exit. It is fine for planning, looking up POI etc.
I use it with a bluetooth GPS receiver. It will keep the current position in the middle of the window if wanted.
I used it once in a rental car with the laptop on the passenger seat. Risky because of the possible damage when you suddenly break. On the highway it is O.K. but in the city you need to have slow traffic to be able to anticipate on any turnings.
I recently started using TomTom on a smartphone. Works excelent.
Would be nice if that was available for the Mac or if there was a PocketPC emulator to run on the mac.

And do you know about the Fastest Mac on Four Wheels?
http://www.mujmac.cz/art/hw/tatra_mac_eng.html
It seems better than the Mini in this article.

I think I can assure you, this will get some mileage at Ford.

Brian Duck
Webmaster,
FordMug (Really!)
http://www.fordmug.com

FYI, the FordMug was started as an Apple II user group in the 1980′s! I’m told that Apple II’s were programmed by Ford Engineers for use in the dynomometer, which was used to measure engine torque as recent as 2001!

Hi, excellent job. Two questions though: How do you power up the MacMini? And did you tried to hook up the car audio system yet?

This is awesome
More pictures of this install here
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=61480

Hey that’s SO cool but I was thinking one thing…

Isn’t it illegal because you haven’t got a Rear-view mirror anymore since the screen is replacing it? I wouldn’t mind getting that type of setup myself but if it’s removing the rear-view mirror then I can’t. please enlighten me!

Richard.

#26 – richard brown
ummm… that’s clearly a media display/console positioned for use in the SECOND row… it’s nowhere near the windshield, or the place where (once can logically assume) the review mirror still rests safely. This is a standard OEM product, available anywhere you buy car audio crap (best buy, audiozone, etc)

gotta see this to believe it !

I used to dress up and impersonate our next-door neighbor, Miss Cox. She wore rubber boots, a wool hat, and her nose always dripped.

I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books.

I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books.

I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books.

I think music is what takes the experience off the screen into your soul, into your head.

I think music is what takes the experience off the screen into your soul, into your head.

But I think that the most important thing was to really stop drinking.

A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never ceased to be amused.

A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never ceased to be amused.

A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never ceased to be amused.

The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.

In the music industry, you meet some not very nice people, some very strange characters.

In the music industry, you meet some not very nice people, some very strange characters.

In the music industry, you meet some not very nice people, some very strange characters.

I have survived by representing these sufferings of mine in the form of the novel.

I have survived by representing these sufferings of mine in the form of the novel.

I too am living as a writer with this polarisation imprinted on me like a deep scar.

re: rearview mirror concerns

Actually, in almost all U.S. jurisdictions, inside mirrors are not required in pickup trucks (and not even passenger cars in some states), in that trucks are considered cargo vehicles and consequently it is assumed they will often have payloads that obstruct the inside mirror anyway.

re: mobile macs

Has anyone done this with an in-dash touchscreen unit? That’s what I want. I have an Explorer with the 4″ high stereo slot and would love to have that filled with an nice mac’d touchscreen.

An interesting sidebar about vehicle requirements: when I lived in Indiana 10 years ago I discovered seatbelt use was NOT required in pickup trucks. Seems the farmers have a strong enough voice there they got an exemption when the law was passed. Their position was that their farms are so huge in the midwest they often have to use public roads to travel between the different sections, and didn’t want to have to worry about it everytime they went to check the corn.