HP made a modular PC with snap-on DVD drive

Modular devices are in this year, and HP is bringing the trend to the desktop. It’s introducing a new computer called the Elite Slice, which is a crazy and excellent name, and which lets you snap on additional components to add new features to the PC, like speakers or a disc drive.

It’s a simple way of making PCs easier to expand and customize after purchase, rather than requiring people to dig inside their case or buy a whole new unit. For now, HP is keeping things pretty basic with the Elite Slice, with only three snap-ons available at launch.

• There’s an “audio module,” which sounds cool but is just a fancy name for some microphones and speakers, which broadcast in all directions.
• There’s a disc drive, which does CDs and DVDs, which...

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