Hey Dray_Templar, sounds like a cool project, i'll be keeping an eye on this thread! I was considering going down your road, but after playing with the G4, I was hooked.
The G4 is expensive when you look at initial outlay, but if you take time into consideration (which I don't have alot of), the G4 is the cheap option for me. The factors I consider most important for a car PC is noise (I hate fan noise), boot/resume-time (resume from standby has to be as good as a factory HU) and screen/look quality. So far i've found the G4 covers all these very well. But anyway, as you rightly say, each to their own.
The screen and factory look of the G4 was what really hooked me. Before buying the G4, I did extensive research into double din screen options for a car PC, and nothing came close to the G4.
He he, those specs look more like a desktop PCWhat do you plan to do with all that grunt? Incidently, the G4 is upgradable (HDD and Memory).
I'm guessing you already know about Centrafuse (http://www.fluxmedia.net/)? I tested both Streetdeck and Centrafuse, and found CF to be much better.
Good luck with the project!
S.
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