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Originally Posted by salvi
I say slot load drive as well.
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It will be slot load, my designer was unaware of that so he placed a tray just for conceptualization. As I had mentioned please don't pay attention to details rather try to focus on the concept (the LCD will open upwards, and the cd/dvd drive will be located towards the bottom of the chassis). He will finish the conceptualization portion of the design tommorrow and hopefully I will have some more animations/pics to post. I have one of the piston mechanisim but I think it is too large to post (3.75 Mb).
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Originally Posted by salvi
Would it be easy to upgrade the touchscreen to a tranflective one?
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Which one are are you looking to upgrade too? (provide a link to the datasheet if possible) It is very hard to say with the range of screen sizes (2" and up), backlight types (LED, CCFL, etc.), and display technologies(LVDS, CMOS, etc.) available. If you give me a specific model that you have found forward it to me and I will let you know if it fits, if our Lab likes it we may even offer it as an option once the Co-Pilot is available for sale. If you are thinking external then there is a back panel VGA connector to connect to a secondary screen (or possibly an external transreflective LCD).
Also as a side note I have mentioned on our forums we are looking into a slot load Blu-ray as a possiblity. Also the cost of SSD devices has dropped considerably in the recent months and will most likely continue to drop (flash memory is much cheaper to manufacture from a materials standpoint). This recent trend will allow us to offer SSD options starting from 32 GB and up at a very affordable cost, and I am sure all of you know the benifits of using SSD especially in a CarPC enviornment.