I've followed the thread for 2 years now, and I understand that the road to production is incredibly hard. I'm going to have to get another case. Don't mean to sound self-important, but I'm unfortunately out of time. I wish you all the best of luck!
IMO a side connector is the more practical solution. This way it can sit pretty much flush to the wall, taking up less desk surface. Having the connector on the back would require more clearance and negate the low volume.
HD Plex is supposedly launching their 250w and 500W all in on gan units this summer iirc. This seems stalled. I've been inquiring about this for over a year, but the workload seems big.
It's been stated previously that manufacturing was based in Ukraine, and that Sammy is trying to move production to Moldova.
None of us know how the war has affected the business or the personal impacts of it.
While the lack of response may be frustrating, like, yo, people might have friends...