Media Center PC In Your Car, Starting At $800
Hipe PC has announced their Driv-N PC, a PC designed for the car. Using a touchscreen and voice recognition, you can control an entire Windows Vista Media Center PC while driving, watching DVDs, listening to CDs or MP3s on the PC, tune in to XM online satellite radio, internet radio, browse the internet, and, when not moving (we hope) work on documents and other things. The Driv-N PC can be installed in the trunk or under the seat, completely out of the way, connecting with a motorized touchscreen that slides out of the dashboard.
The cheapest version, the Driv-N V15, features a Via C7 CPU, one gig of RAM, XM online satellite radio, Windows Vista Home Premium, and a 40 gigabyte hard drive. The motorized touch screens start at $370 for a roof mounted screen, $400 for a dash screen. Wifi’ll add $50, a TV tuner $130, GPS another $120. Still, it looks great, and doesn’t require you to hack your car to get all this is there. And running Media Center on a touchscreen is just cool.
(via Steve Clayton)
