The mid-2010 refresh of Apple's iMac lineup might have brought about some pretty interesting novelties, but there's one thing the company from Cupertino has not provided, namely an eSATA interface, which is quite important these days, given the increasingly larger number of external storage solutions that make use of it. But fret not, if you really need such a connectivity port, you can actually add an eSATA interface to Apple's system fairly easily, either by yourself (if you're a bit of a DIY-er) or with the specialized help of OWC.

So, the Mac-loving folks over at Other World Computing (or OWC, for short) are now offering people who's bought the mid-2010 iMac (Apple iMac 27" 3.2GHz / 3.6GHz Intel Core i3, Apple iMac 27" 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 and Apple iMac 27" 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 models, to be precise) the possibility to add an eSATA port to their system.

The upgrade process (which cost around 170 US dollars, including shipping costs) cleanly adds an external eSATA port to the iMac, in the left side, right under the frame, leaving no trace of the operation and allowing users to easily connect eSATA devices to the Apple system. Of course, such a process will immediately void the warranty, but that's a risk users will knowingly take when going for OWC's offering.









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