A Mac user has managed to install a Mac mini in his Toyota Prius, and connect it to the car’s built in display. The Mac mini has been a popular add-on for car customizers, because of its compact size and quiet operation. Moreover, Apple’s Front Row multimedia software (shown right) makes selecting video, music, or photo content very easy — especially in a car. The user configured the car’s touch-screen to emulate the Front Row remote control, with various sections of the screen corresponding to up, down, menu, play, and so on. See a video after the jump. Some other recent Mac-in-car installations include:
02/21, 3:05 PM
posted by:
Pegan
pretty cool, but looks infuriatingly slow.
02/21, 3:30 PM
posted by:
Larry
Now if the software of the car would talk to the mac … so that I could run car diagnostics from the screen.
02/21, 6:44 PM
posted by:
keith trybus
Running front row on a mac mini is illegal just so everyone knows. It involves a software hack and is always disabled when installing software updates.
02/21, 9:08 PM
posted by:
Nuno
It takes forever to actually do anything.
02/21, 10:06 PM
posted by:
Dogbone
This is total BullSh*t it is simply a person pressing the remote control buttons at the same time the user touches the screen, this is discovered because of the mistake the person made will filming. notice how the user scrolls down thru the menus by pressing near the bottom of the screen and selects the current folder or song or what have you by pressing in the middle of the screen then all of a sudden half way thru the movie they make their mistake by pressing in the middle of the screen for scrolling thru the menu system instead of pressing near the bottom as they did previously. Man if you are going to do something this lame (try to fool people) at least do it right you clowns