Pimp ride with Pioneer

White-box maker Pioneer Computer has released a range of industrial computers including the Car PC S63.

The DreamVision fan-less Core Duo mini PC /Car PC S63 is a computer system designed for cars and has no noise. In the past products like this was the domain of car and hi-fi accessory dealers.

However Jeff Li, managing director at Pioneer said the future of desktop PCs will be in entertainment for both homes and cars.

Li believes when the desktop market disappears a lot of people will be asking about the future of PCs. With products moving further and further away from the traditional desktops features and functionalities, new markets need to be created for the channel.

“Car entertainment will play a big part in the future of IT. I spend two hours traveling to and from work. In the time that I am stuck in traffic there’s a lot I can do with a machine like this,” he said.

The product has a optional car star delay timer (which delays PC starting time to allow the car to cool down), key removed delay timer (which delays the PC shutdown) and hard shutdown (which shutdown the PC when OS unable to shutdown), said Li.

The Car PC S63 has a wide range of applications and runs on Intel Core II Duo. It can also be a personal desktop, office system, digital signage controller, thin and fat clients, video streaming, industrial system controller, POS PC and Kiosk PC, gateway, router, application server, file server, game server, monitoring, control and data logging, TV, radio, recording and audiology studios.

“It uses standard processors, hard disk drives and memory. There’s no proprietary components required,” said Li.

The Car PC S63 starts from $1399 including GST.