My thanks to Gripen for coming across this one….

There’s a guy in Japan who’s built - and is selling - an in-car dock for the Mac Mini. He started life as a programmer and whilt he always loved Macs, ended up in the evil, smelly and leprous world of Windows (I just love to get Eggs fired up!). I guess it’s where the work was.

When the Mac Mini came out in 2005, he figured it was small enough to try fitting into his car. The end result is a Mac Mini docking system that works in conjunction with a touchscreen control system. You can use the Mini as a music store, GPS system, you can even set it up with voice commands and get all ‘Knight Rider’ with it.

The reason Gripen sent the link to me was the following photo from the company website:

It’s a Saab 9-3 convertible with the Mac Mini dock installed. I’m not so sure about that huge screen, but I guess once you’re in your driving position and you’re used to it, you could get by.

I guess the whole point of this is it’s a Mac-nut doing something kinda extreme with their Mac and then offering it to similar like-minded Mac-nuts. All you Windows types will probably scratch your head and just say “whatever”.

The congruence between Saab and Mac has been noted on these pages before, however, and I know there’d be more than just a few people who’d love to see some Mac-style electronics in their Saabs. Me included.

This isn’t quite the way I’d like to go to get it, though. And at just over US$1,000 for the dock and the touochscreen (it’s BYO Mac), it certainly ain’t cheap.

If you’re hungry for some Mac-love in your Saab - here’s where you get it: Mac Mini dock

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