Display units for computer video?

I guess I should qualify what I meant by the display.  I use the factory as a secondary monitor to my original Xenarc 800TSV.  Yes, the composite video source for standard text piped to the OEM display makes normal text unreadable but as the iMobile GUI has larger text it is 100% legible.  (So I use the factory nav for the entertainment value of the iMobile software).

As for the cheap fix it was more of a general statement encompassing the entire Car PC project especially when using a VIA-based board versus an Intel-based board just because they come standard with the S-Video and composite outputs.

An interesting read.....

http://www.tolly.com/TS/2003/Intel%20Corp/CPU%20Testing%20Intel%20Low%20Voltage%20Celeron%20processors/TollyTS203124IntelCeleronSept2003.pdf

I read the article and it is all about performance, nothing about the s-video or composite.  The stuff they talk about is way dated (3 years +) (not to say that it is not enough for a GPS/ in car multimedia system).

If I was to run an OS in a car system it would be Knoppix (knoppix.net), this is Linux modified Kernel.

Let me give you an idea of how good it is on boot up times:

You can run this from a bootable CD without installing it on the hard drive.  I tested this on a Pentium M 1.6GHz HO notebook.  From the CD it booted up, autoconfigured, NIC, VIDEO, TCP/IP in 1.20 minutes (without me even installing a driver).  This is the compared to Windows XP install which is 35-45 minutes. 

This is a speed advantage of 35 to 40 times.  Install Knoppix on the HD and you can boot this in under 10  seconds and as low as 3 or 4 seconds if you know what your're doing with the tweaks.  The fastest I hear XP  booting was 15 seconds, event hibernate is not that much faster/

There are a lot of apps for Knoppix (it comes with DVD player, MP3 standard).  You can also load Knnopix to RAM (you need about 512MB but memory is dirt cheap for mainstream).  You are now running the OS from RAM which blows away hard drive speed.  There are also remastered Live CDs people made of Knoppix to stream line it and make it faster and bootup faster but still have the apps you want (check www.knoppix.net forums).

http://www.livecdlist.com/wiki/index.php/SLAX has a Slackware based version which takes 200MB to install.

www.puppylinux.com has a 60mb install and includes DVD, MP3 palyer, web browser, spreadhseet programs and many more apps.

As far as GPS http://www.gpsdrive.cc/index.shtml has a awesome program already developed for Linux

And there is a great array of other GPS features here: http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Main_Page

Bro it is date technology.  I have currentley a Pentium M (the one you normally run in a notebook) @ 2Ghz. which runs whtestone and 3DMark 2K5 at the leve of a Athon 64 3500 in a mini desktop.  Power consumption is really low (25 % of the power a P4 1.6 Ghz normally takes).  Let me know when your Xenarc Celeron can hit the levels of a Pentium M 2Ghz.