I want to make it clear to everyone that this one is my mistake. I thought I'd mentioned this to him, and after going through our entire email chain, I cannot find it. (we discussed this privately and he re-iterated this is not standard for reviews). So, yes, I want to state that this is NOT normal for a review unit / and just an unexpected byproduct of me being new to the review process with creators. Just for context, I come from the medical device world where this is standard practice (trade show and conference demo units are not implant ready, and are often passed around and refreshed b/w conferences). So this one is a mixup of context on my part.
Totally fine, bud. And agreed - the GPU bracket issue is one that was quickly brought up and acknowledged for B1. We'll be making the fixed bracket available for all B1 case users, alongside finishing out the B2 orders.
The way that sounds is not at all how I intended it to come across in my head. Obviously, the custom loop video has to come later if the audience asks for it, and it seemed that reception in the comments was not strong enough to warrant putting the time / effort / money into it, and as a reviewer, the video has to make an ROI.
As for solid panels, that's totally fair, but brings up a question that I have for you
Winter One, as a case, only allows you to buy one panel type. When we run future cases, would it make more sense to send you 1 unit with each configuration as someone would get in a retail package? or would you prefer a reviewer's kit with all the configurations, even if that wasn't available for purchase? Or would you prefer that you get 2 packaged cases in separate configurations?
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Totally fair. Thanks again for taking the time to review the case and build in it. As always, it's a pleasure to see you drop into the thread and post something.
Also, your feedback will allow us to make even better cases in the future, and that's something I look forward to 
