We're also not a fan of the player's non-standard width, but we do actually like the fact that it's slot loading.

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On the downside, they found the system to be "somewhat noisy, " and the slot-loading optical drives could limit upgradeability further on down the line.

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While the case is quite large to fit all the computer and components inside, it does have a slot-loading rewritable BR drive, and 500gb of storage.

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