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Despite there being no info on this page, judging by the sheer size of this thing (it looks bigger than the whole MBP), I would hope that it has eGPU, storage,

by dchuk 10y ago

Despite there being no info on this page, judging by the sheer size of this thing (it looks bigger than the whole MBP), I would hope that it has eGPU, storage, battery, etc. Shit it's big enough to have a DVD drive from the looks of it. If it doesn't have all that, I can't fathom what they could even put in all that empty space. Maybe it's only thick around the perimeter? It gets shallow in the middle?

LeifCarrotson 10y ago
I understand from the macsales page (http://blog.macsales.com/39345-owc-makes-macbooks-pro-again-with-game-changing-product http://blog.macsales.com/39345-owc-makes-macbooks-pro-again-...) that it has space for a couple 2.5" and M.2 drives. But that obviously doesn't take up all the volume. I don't know about a battery. But rectangular prisms are nice. Why does everything need to get shallow around the edges or the middle? So they can run some marketing-speak and say that their device is 1.7mm thick[0]? I'd hope for a large battery, but even empty space would be fine. An eGPU would be pretty neat, but hot, expensive, and complicated. I'd love one with an ordinary battery expansion and some I/O ports. [0] (May be thicker in locations other than the far corner where it tapers down to a sharp edge)
phreenet 10y ago
Anandtech has a picture of the bottom of it. It appears to be solid throughout. It also appears that this system bolts onto bottom of MBP using longer screws that fit into the factory screw holes. From the full article[0]: "To install the OWC DEC, users will not have to open up their MacBook Pro, only remove Apple's screws and screw the DEC on to the bottom of the machine." [0] http://www.anandtech.com/show/11033/owc-previews-dec-addon-for-macbook-pro http://www.anandtech.com/show/11033/owc-previews-dec-addon-f...
- r00fus 10y ago
  Is it supposed to have that slightly different cast to the aluminum? I almost wish they'd make it an entirely different color or material (black polycarbonate ?) if that's how it's going to look.

by dchuk 10y ago

LeifCarrotson 10y ago

I understand from the macsales page (http://blog.macsales.com/39345-owc-makes-macbooks-pro-again-with-game-changing-product http://blog.macsales.com/39345-owc-makes-macbooks-pro-again-...) that it has space for a couple 2.5" and M.2 drives. But that obviously doesn't take up all the volume. I don't know about a battery. But rectangular prisms are nice. Why does everything need to get shallow around the edges or the middle? So they can run some marketing-speak and say that their device is 1.7mm thick[0]? I'd hope for a large battery, but even empty space would be fine. An eGPU would be pretty neat, but hot, expensive, and complicated. I'd love one with an ordinary battery expansion and some I/O ports. [0] (May be thicker in locations other than the far corner where it tapers down to a sharp edge)

phreenet 10y ago

Anandtech has a picture of the bottom of it. It appears to be solid throughout. It also appears that this system bolts onto bottom of MBP using longer screws that fit into the factory screw holes. From the full article[0]: "To install the OWC DEC, users will not have to open up their MacBook Pro, only remove Apple's screws and screw the DEC on to the bottom of the machine." [0] http://www.anandtech.com/show/11033/owc-previews-dec-addon-for-macbook-pro http://www.anandtech.com/show/11033/owc-previews-dec-addon-f...

r00fus 10y ago
Is it supposed to have that slightly different cast to the aluminum? I almost wish they'd make it an entirely different color or material (black polycarbonate ?) if that's how it's going to look.