Mac mini with integrated iTrip

Check out www.mp3car.com and see what real carputer installations look like. And yes you can control ac with the computer.

OMG! Great melding of car and machine! I dont have the money but i can dream eh? Can you do things like control the A/C and stuff on it?

I'm sorry but this is horrible. Everything seems like half the effort - wires sticking here or there, the DVI to VGA Adapter was done horribly bad, the port on the back of the mini is all chewed up, wires sticking everywhere, and whats the point of removing the case from the USB hub? isn't it going to be covered by the console? oh wait it looks cool. All that effort and a the horrific frequency range of FM. I was almost going to expect to see the LCD panel secured via duct tape. I apologize from being so harsh but lets not fully reward this man's accomplishments - he needs to try harder.

AWESOME! You boys are so clever. I have the same car and have been looking for a way to get better sound from teh iPod. The stock Mazda cd changer doesn't work with anything.

Mike,

After i posted my comment i thought you might take it the wrong way.
Glad you didn't, you have a fair point.

@Oliver:

Not jealous (maybe I am don't know) just questioning the "reasoning". I am married so I understand male justification. Just come up with something better than, "I didn't want to spend the money". LOL

#4. There is an aux-in solution for the head unit available, through http://www.sylfex.com/products/AuxMod/

There is a waiting list last I checked though. I gotta ask him about modification to the centre console though, because last I checked (I have a Protege5 myself and I know zapwizard from the msprotege.com Mazda Forums) it isn't quite large enough for a mac mini. Damnit, I need to buy an intel iMac so that I can put my mac mini in my Protege :D

maybe it's just me but I can't stand listening to music over an itrip. with all that installation, why not just run a direct line to at least an fm modulator if the head unit doesn't have an aux in? The installation and the rest looks great though.

Awesome

Mike you sound jealous;
you either spent heaps on a crappy audio system,
or you know you could never do the same yourself so well

or maybe he just liked his stock head unit in his Mazda Protege. It's a decent stock head unit, and looks much nicer in the interior of the car than most aftermarket head units. I keep thinking about switching back to my stock head unit.

That's not the most exciting mod he's done to his protege, or to electronics in general. www.zapwizard.com