I was going for this setup

lite on combo drive
athenatech a100bb.270 black steel case
western digital caviar se 250 harddrive
biostar tforce6100-939 motherboard
1gb memory
amd athlon 64 3200
but is there a software out there something like mircrosoft trips and roads 2007 that has live time navi?

 

Copilot blows away MS Street & Trips.

http://www.alk.com/copilot/laptop.asp

 

There are definitely a few solutions, try the mp3car.com forums.
Right now, I have an Aopen Minipc running XP, the front end I'm using is Roadrunner, and the navi software it utilizes is Destinator.

I will be upgrading shortly to mp3car.com's Street Deck software that runs under XP because it has everything integrated and the interface is great. (the Roadrunner frontend integrates everything as well, but uses Winamp for mp3s and Destinator for navi)

 

dang that's a sweeeet setup

 

need you to come setup mine haha

 

Thanks! It works really well, the only complaint I have is that since the Roadrunner front end uses other programs, it is rather CPU demanding so the mp3s will sometimes skip a second here and there when the PC comes out of standby.

Here are pics of the completed install: http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/show...i-evo-8-a.html
My pioneer receiver handles all the bluetooth from my cellphone, so there's no need to integrate it into the computer. Roadrunner also mutes the music when the navigation has something to say.

There's a ton of info on those forums... But feel free to ask any questions you may have and I'll try to answer them.

 

I was going to try to do the double din conversion and wanted to stick with just the screen and not have a 2nd radio for the radio stations is there a way to do that?

 

Yes, you can buy the jdm double-din display adapter somewhere... I can't remember where right now, but I will try to find it and post a link here when I do. You will have to move your HVAC controls to the bottom to install that.
I was thinking about going that route but decided it was too much for the first install.
I will probably be upgrading to the double-din display and this computer once it's available for a non-a$$raping price.