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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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On 2024-12-17 11:50, Joel wrote:
> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> 
>>>>>>>>>> On some computers (which would have cost you less) you can buy drives
>>>>>>>>>> that perfectly sit under the desktop:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> <https://www.amazon.ca/Enclosure-Docking-Station-Readers-Compatible/dp/B0C33HS3RP/ref=asc_df_B0C33HS3RP/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=708007226763&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13265770567124847550&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9001547&hvtargid=pla-2190493457657&psc=1&mcid=5f9e3a8965ea37bc89aca8270bb63779&gad_source=1>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> <https://ca.macsales.com/shop/external-drives/owc-ministack>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Super neato, but my motherboard can already handle another NVMe or
>>>>>>>>> two.
>>>>>>>> Which is better in what measurable way?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's elegant.
>>>>>> Why? What makes it more "elegant"?
>>>>>
>>>>> It's just a piece of the computer, once installed.  No wire.
>>>> So by that argument, an all-in-one is more "elegant" than having an
>>>> external monitor?
>>>
>>> No.
>>
>> But you just defined elegance by lack of wires...
> 
> 
> But not by marrying different components to each other, creating a
> fragile system.

So then an external monitor is "fragile"?

> 
> 
>>>> This looks pretty "elegant" to me:
>>>>
>>>> <https://www.owc.com/solutions/ministack-stx>
>>>>
>>>> Or this:
>>>>
>>>> <https://satechi.net/landing/new-stand-and-hub-m4-mac-mini>
>>>>
>>>> Remember: Thunderbolt literally IS PCIe...
>>>
>>> OK, but why not just have a real case, a real motherboard?  Why the
>>> quirks?
>> What makes one more "real" than the other?
> 
> 
> Expandability.
Which I've already addressed.