Date:         Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:15:01 -0800
Reply-To:     Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: "Car Computer" in your Vanagon?
Comments: To: neil N <musomuso@gmail.com>
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dear puter users
we have a MacBookPro 17 " and have had it for one month less than the van--
(2 years)
we use it all the time on the road ...
have logged some 30, 000 KM and had the machine running a good bit of the
time while on the road --
using the computer to play cd music through the tape deck using a tape deck
converter with 1/4 plug in --
we also do stuff using Acrobat Pro and Word for MAc -- no issues to date.

have an inverter mounted behind the drivers seat for charging computer,
phone and camera --
there has never been an issue arising from any of this gear -- being used in
the vanagon while underway or stationary --

Every once and a while we watch a movie on the Mac -- while we curl up in
the back on our ---
ok nuff information you can figure out the rest ;)
yours

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 11:18 AM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
>
> From what I've read, one potential problem spot is the hard drive
> surviving bumps/vibration/temperature extremes.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Neil.
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 JettaWesty "Jaco
>
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