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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.

Prius and mini: made for each other.

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.

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Close Name:geoduck Posts: 1721 Joined: 30 Dec 2003
Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:45 am Subject:

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.

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Close Name:mike3k Posts: 57 Joined: 31 Dec 2001
Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:41 am Subject: Nice!

Hopefully I'll get my Prius (seaside pearl w/option package 3, which I ordered 2 weeks ago) soon. I'd be happy just to be able to control my iPod with the built-in display. At least it has a mini-plug so I won't have to mess with an FM transmitter.

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Close Name:brett_x Posts: 312 Joined: 24 Jan 2006
Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:44 pm Subject:

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geoduck 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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