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Sure, and an earlier iteration of this concept actually had ODD support. It just feels a little frustrating when you think, you know, aren't we past spinning discs by now? So you're trying to forge ahead into the the Future™ with a design, but inevitably some holdout chimes in with "hey, what about optical drive support?" On the flipside, I also understand there's still plenty of legitimate need for it, and especially in this form factor. Plus "the customer is always right" and so on, and it would frankly be a bit foolish if I could include ODD support without any real sacrifice and not do so.
So, along those lines, with a little rearranging of components I can probably get ODD support in, looking something like this:
Anyone feeling/not feeling this more than the previous version?
I think that pretty much everybody will agree that an ODD shouldn't be featured on a computer case... BUT, since this computer case can be used as a home theater, IMO it requires it. Because if you have a decent home theater in your house you will be using bluray. There is no alterlative. And if you have to run another device on top of your case then... it destroys the purpose of having a small box in the first place.
Regarding the looks... I like this one better than the other one (disregarding the ODD since I have no use for it). But... I would not do a two-coloured panel. The contrast between sides looks good, but mixing colours in the same panel, imo, takes some elegance off it. Any chance you could render an image with the same perspective and I/O placement but without ODD and all in the same silver colour?
I don't feel the ODD. Just get an external one for the once a year you need to use an optical disc. And you'll be able to use it across machines, it's more practical in 2017. However, I definitely feel the repositioned USB ports, audio jack, and logo. In fact, I'd move the power button over to the other side of the USB ports, or maybe to the extreme other end and move the NCase logo a bit to the left. If that interferes with the drives, it's fine where it is.
You are right... if you are talking about traditional computer usage. But this new shape makes it perfectly suited for an htpc, and those need an ODD.