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by SuperQ on Slashdot, in reply to Alan Cox
that's a bunch of bullshit, mini-itx has no where near the hardware funcationality to handle mobile setups.

The empeg has special kernel hooks, and power controls to handle dips in car power. Car voltages fluctuate wildly while starting. The empeg also stores state in a small flash area which is controled by a kernel module to make sure the thing can start where it left off on next boot.

I'd like to see you stuff a mini-itx board, power supply, laptop drive, shock mounting, and display in a single din dashboard. Put your money where your mouth is, write the software, show us the hardware setup, and then we can talk about "oh yea, anyone can do that"