In light of all the recent discussions about journaling filesystems and system logging on systems with flash storage. I'm a feeling a bit curious to to know if there is enough space within that included "internal" usb cavity of the 15.6" laptop housing to be able to house a small M.2 42mm usb device.

I'm thinking about a device like the following:

https://www.amazon.com/Crest-NGFF-SATA-Enclosure-SY-ENC25040/dp/B0146DD6KM/

Perhaps if/when there is a rev 2 of the Laptop housing, it might be worth considering the creation and inclusion of an additional board which would both provide a built-in usb to SATA adapter as well as provide a location to install an M.2 SATA drive (with huge bonus points if it can support an 80mm drive).

I might be an oddball but, I would also love to see the inclusion of a dedicated M.2 SATA board to the upcoming EOMA68 tablet design (even if there would only be room for a 42mm variant) to be a huge plus.

I think that being able to use M.2 SATA drives would be a huge step up in quality from using uSD cards both from a reliability standpoint as well as speed. Also, if USB -> M.2 SATA board created was a USB3.0 device it would pretty much be able to run the SSDs at their full speed.