A car puter is definitely not one of those needed for everyone things. I mean these days, definitely you have an Ipod that takes care of your music, you have a navigation device if you want one, and there's not really a lot else mainstream... the tablets can do a pretty good job of filling most of those roles anyways. Mine's a little more out there just because I'm a bit more of an out there kind of guy... so yea, I use mine for MP3 playback with an FM transmitter... you can do that with an IPod definitely, but does your ipod stop the music when you shut the car off, and start it again at the same point when you start up again? Does it wirelessly associate with your house and sync the playlist with the stereo so that when you walk in the music carries on from where you left off in your vehicle, and vice versa? Little things like that which don't really justify it, but at the same time make it kind of fun to have and play with...