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I'm considering the Lilliput for use onboard.

They are selling these on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lilliput-Car-PC-...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lilliput-Car-PC-...D-MP3-GPS-USB-...

It's designed as a mobile pc with a 40 gig HD and 1 ghz CPU. The
power consumption is around 30 watts (but no more than 48 watts), and
has some nice features. Around US$500. Any use this model or
thinking about using one I'd like your opinions.

Cheers, Jim

I built a similar Mini-ITX system several years ago and it works fine,
with a few reservations. The onboard graphics is weak, so it won't
play the newer games. And the CPU is not Intel, so drivers can be a
bit hard to come by.

It does live up to the low power claims. Mine is quite happy to run
fanless unless the CPU is pegged at 100%. I think I determined mine
stays under 20 Watts most of the time.

One thing I don't like about your particular unit is the small case.
If this is exactly the configuration you want, that's OK. But the
larger cases (mine is about the size of a notebook) allow for two
standard cards, so you could add a TV receiver and video, or whatever.

As for price, $500 is about right for "smart car case," 1 Gig
motherboard, 512 meg, CDRW-DVD, 40 Gig drive. So if this is exactly
the unit you're after, it may be a good deal since it comes tested
with software. However, if you like to build your own, check out
caselogic.com. Go to barebones, mini-itx, or car-pc, if you like the
special power supply. I used a C137 case. There are other vendors
that will be cheaper on specific items.

BTW, the bigger problem is what to do for a screen. Lilliput makes
touchscreens that would be nice at the helm, but they aren't really
waterproof, and they're $200+ for a small screen. Since I never
solved that problem, I'm just as happy to take a standard notebook
onboard and leave it down below. The mini-itx system now lives beside
the rowing machine where it logs distance rowed and plays mp3's for a
living.

* wrote, On 3/13/2007 5:15 AM:
I'm considering the Lilliput for use onboard.

They are selling these on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lilliput-Car-PC-...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lilliput-Car-PC-...D-MP3-GPS-USB-...

It's designed as a mobile pc with a 40 gig HD and 1 ghz CPU. The
power consumption is around 30 watts (but no more than 48 watts), and
has some nice features. Around US$500. Any use this model or
thinking about using one I'd like your opinions.

Cheers, Jim

One more thing - the Lilliput uses a VIA motherboard, a MI 1000 with a
C3 1 gig cpu, and the older CLE266 chipset. This is enough horsepower
for basic charting apps, but it is already a bit dated.

Were I building one today (and I would, were it not for other
priorities tugging at my wallet) I'd look a some of the more powerful
versions of the board, and as I mentioned, use the larger case for
expansion and easier cooling.

* wrote, On 3/13/2007 5:15 AM:
I'm considering the Lilliput for use onboard.

They are selling these on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lilliput-Car-PC-...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lilliput-Car-PC-...D-MP3-GPS-USB-...

It's designed as a mobile pc with a 40 gig HD and 1 ghz CPU. The
power consumption is around 30 watts (but no more than 48 watts), and
has some nice features. Around US$500. Any use this model or
thinking about using one I'd like your opinions.

Cheers, Jim

Thanks Jeff. I had not considered the driver aspect. Regarding the
larger case, I think there are other options for external
expansion.But irregardless, I'll bide my time (-:.

Cheers, Jim

But irregardless

It's a pet peeve, but there's no such word as "irregardless" Just use
'regardless'.

Much like the misuse of "loose" when people mean "lose".

"Bill Kearney" wkearney-99@hot-mail-com wrote in message
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But irregardless

It's a pet peeve, but there's no such word as "irregardless" Just use
'regardless'.

Much like the misuse of "loose" when people mean "lose".

Not for nothing, but there is, indeed, such a word.
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/irregardless
It's just a stupid word, which tends to rub everyone the wrong way.

* Bill Kearney wrote, On 3/16/2007 10:06 AM:
But irregardless

It's a pet peeve, but there's no such word as "irregardless" Just use
'regardless'.

Much like the misuse of "loose" when people mean "lose".

I don't ordinarily use "irregardless" because I was taught that it was
not "proper" English. But irregardless of that, it is in almost every
dictionary, it is in common usage, and therefore it is a word. I
think I may have to look for a good place to use it.

Bill Kearney wrote:
But irregardless

It's a pet peeve, but there's no such word as "irregardless" Just use
'regardless'.

Much like the misuse of "loose" when people mean "lose".

another pet peeve is the use or 'your' instead of the contraction 'you're'

"krj" wrote in message
...
Bill Kearney wrote:
But irregardless

It's a pet peeve, but there's no such word as "irregardless" Just use
'regardless'.

Much like the misuse of "loose" when people mean "lose".

another pet peeve is the use or 'your' instead of the contraction 'you're'

"As some day it may happen that a victim must be found
I've got a little list, I've got a little list..."

Like people who spell "probably" as "prolly."
How irksome.

"Rick B." wrote in message
...
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:06:06 -0400, "Bill Kearney"
wkearney-99@hot-mail-com wrote:

But irregardless

It's a pet peeve, but there's no such word as "irregardless" Just use
'regardless'.

Much like the misuse of "loose" when people mean "lose".

It is believed to have first been used in a Bugs Bunny cartoon and in
proper english it isn't a word, in the vernacular it is, just like
ain't and a few others of that sort.

In proper English, "sukiyaki" ain't a word, neither.

There is a comprehesive discourse on irregardless at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless

It suggests that acceptance of the word is growing. Getting over
600,000 hits for 'irregardless' on Google verifys that its use is not
obscure.

Cheers, Jim

Like people who spell "probably" as "prolly."
How irksome.

Or 'voila'