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You are designing a computer that will fit into a small area inside of a vehicle. Which of these motherboard types would be the best choice for this system?

A) ATX-Portable

B) Mini-ATX

C) ATX

D) Mobile-ATX

E) The best car computer would stream live audio, overlay weather radar on a map, and yell at me when I drive poorly


The answer: B) Mini-ATX

The Mini-ATX motherboard is a much smaller version of the venerable ATX standard. The ATX-Portable and Mobile-ATX motherboards don’t actually exist.

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