I've done a little bit of wondering on this issue myself lately. I just took delivery of the MacBook Pro 15.4" and plan on using it for all kinds of vanagon travel "stuff", Delorme included. I'll use a Verizon "stick" for wireless service (best for my part of the country). Noticed in the instructions it says to turn it off before moving it from a stationary position as the spinning hard drive can be critically damaged if still spinning while the unit is moved. Sooooooo. Glad to see Mike's post and I do know several listers who do this, and have for years, seemingly without consequence (Larry Chase as example).

bob
'87 Syncro Westy
> Are there any Vananauts running a "car computer" in their Vanagon?
> i.e. a Mac/PC adapted to a Vanagon.
>
> Any hard drive (or other hardware?) issues? Anyone running a flash
> drive in place of the HDD?
>
> From what I've read, one potential problem spot is the hard drive
> surviving bumps/vibration/temperature extremes.

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