Hey that's quite the dash you got going there Frank! :)

How many radios? ;)

Not knocking the your setup at ALL, but personally I don't like too
many things visible up front. This is one reason I considered a
carputer. Then a touch screen could be removed/hidden and as well,
moved to the rear to view video and w.h.y. But a lap top would do that
too.

Neil.

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 3:13 AM, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 19/11/2008 6:23:26 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
>
>        Neil, I have been using my  HP pavillion zt3000 on a self made dash
> tray for 3 ~ 4 years for GPS  navigation. See it here >
> _http://picasaweb.google.com/Frankcondelli/VanagonDashTabletForLaptop_
> (http://picasaweb.google.com/Frankcondelli/VanagonDashTabletForLaptop) #     I did have some problems with
> the hard drive and it was eventually replaced  twice and it was thought that
> the cause of the hard drive failures were due to  the rough ride it was having
> on that dash mounted tray.  I eventually put  two 2" x 2" foam strips under
> the laptop and that seemed to have solved the  problem.  Since that laptop was
> getting old and worn out I just bought a  new Lenovo T500 laptop that has a
> shock absorbing hard drive.  I have yet  to use it in the van but it will soon
> get its test as we leave on the Buses in  Bacalar trip next Tuesday and will be
> on the road until mid-may.  So stay  tuned and watch the _BacalarBlog_
> (http://poolio.net/bacalarblog/)  as  I'm sure if there are an concerns with this new
> laptop I WILL report it  there.  I intend to omit the foam strips so that the
> laptop sits  lower.
>
>
>
>>>>>>>>Hi all.
>
> 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?

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