Ok talked about this a few months ago.
since then ive been trailing some front end software and cutting down windows xp installs using nlite.
Started buys up cheap bits off ebay as well. So far i have
Mini itx case - think this was designed more for home servers than use as a proper computer case. also came with a 120w power supply
Intel D945GCLF2, Little falls, motherboard. - 1.6 dual core with hyperthreading enabled ( and so far it seems to work better than P4s with HT ) for those who dont know what HT is its basically each core is slit to do 2 tasks as well, so Xp thinks its a quad core.
1
GB 667Mhz Ram 360GB Hard disc
and a
lilliput 619 screen - 7" wide screen with 4 wire touchscreen built in.
still need to get a automotive power supply for the intelligent shutdown.
also got another radio cage off the bay as well
Plan is to remove the current radio cage and fit in the new one.
new cage is going to have the screen bonded and fiberglassed into place to make it look OEM with the current head unit and pc itself in the boot.
keeping the HU incase i have any major issues so its just a case of swapping from Aux to cd.
Have installed a full version of XP pro SP2, all motherboard drivers, touchscreen drivers and roadrunner as a front end along with bluetooth and autoroute for gps.
still testing in the house until i can get a spare housing for the screen (incase i mess the first one up
) and have it running 42seconds from switch on to music from a cold boot and 21 seconds to resume from hibernate and resume from standby 4 seconds.
going to try and install a nlited version of xp see if i can get this speeded up a bit.
will get pics of the setup up soon