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FrontRow in an Audi

audifrYes, we've seen Mac minis running FrontRow in cars before, but this is different. This guy has FrontRow up and running on his Audi A6's integrated display via a Powerbook suspended in a net in the car's trunk. An Audi technician helped him get the whole thing up and running, and he uses his Sony Ericsson K750i as a bluetooth remote as he drives around. Cool.

But FrontRow on a Powerbook? I've never heard of such a thing.

Thanks, Christian!
 

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Yes, we've seen Mac minis running FrontRow in cars before, but this is different. This guy has FrontRow up and running on his Audi A6's...
 

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AH

"Are you serious about not hearing about FrontRow on a Powerbook or are you just being sarcastic?" Are you being serious? That can't be an honest to god question can it? Maybe websites should just throw in footnotes to indicate sarcasm if it is that difficult for people to decipher when someone is being serious or not. Sometimes my faith in the intelligence of the human race is brought into question. Today seems to be one of those days.

December 14 2005 at 12:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
wheels

Cool, now the guy'll have something to do while he waits for the tow truck!

December 14 2005 at 12:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
motech

is everyone missing the point? its connected to an audi a6 with all stock components. i need more info as i am about to purchase an audi A3 with gps.

December 14 2005 at 12:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tommy

Are you serious about not hearing about FrontRow on a Powerbook or are you just being sarcastic? I have FrontRow on my Powerbook and use it often. I even made a video and posted it here. http://ustommymc.net/?p=168

December 14 2005 at 11:06 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
hazkid

i have frontrow (first the hacked, then apple's 1.0.1) on my 768ram g4 powerbook. the only problem is that if i am running google earth, or macromedia apps, front row looks a bit choppy. it also looks choppy when you have 3 min of battery left, or 16 mg of hd space (i've cleared it up a bit now).

December 14 2005 at 10:00 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Spellchecker

FrontRow needs QuartzExtreme. That's the secret. I have it running on my 1GHz TiBook, but also a 450MHz Cube (I had to swap the ATI card for a GeForce 2MX). It really makes me think that Apple has been working on FrontRow for a while, or even that they *WANT* people to hack it to work on existing H/W. I mean it's really easy to do.

December 14 2005 at 9:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
yonatron

Yeah, real cool until he kills a cyclist or pedestrian.

December 14 2005 at 9:28 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gary

FrontRow on Powerbook is no head line news. It works on all Al powebooks even iBooks

December 14 2005 at 9:22 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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