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The Prius-Mac mini Mobile
by , 9:05 AM EDT, June 21st, 2006
The editors at TMO are always up for a good Mac hack, so we were especially pleased when we stumbled across an Autoblog story about someone that installed a Mac mini in their Toyota Prius. Jeremy Kusnetz, a systems architect from Leesburg, Virginia, managed to fit an Intel-based Mac mini in the car's center instrument console, and even reprogrammed the built-in touch-sensitive display to work as an interface for the computer.
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With a little help from Front Row, he has easy access to his music library, and his daughter can watch movies while on the road. You can see what it took to merge the car and computer at Mr. Kusnetz's Web site.
Observer Comments
Quotegeoduck wrote:
I'd give it a shot except that I don't have the time, or the money, or the guts to risk frying my car. The coolest thing is that it does not interfere with any of the standard display functions and the Mac can be controlled via the Prius touch screen.
What, you don't drive a Metro?
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