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MacBook Pro accessory adds ports that the 2016 model lacks

It makes the new laptop as chunky as the 2012 model, though.

As you know by now, you have to learn to embrace dongle-city if you want to buy Apple's latest products. A component supplier called OWC has unveiled a different kind of expansion solution for the 2016 MacBook Pro's lack of ports, though. It's called the DEC, and it's a slab that sticks to the bottom of the laptop to add up to 4TB of additional flash or SSD storage, an SD card slot, full-size USB 3.0 ports and an Ethernet jack for wired internet.

That's a whole lot of additional features you might be missing from the older MacBooks. The downside is that it makes your new laptop as chunky as the 2012 model. From a depth of around 0.6 inches, you'll now have a machine that's almost an inch thick. OWC Chief Larry O'Connor said the company has been developing the concept for more than three years. "[We] feel now is the perfect time for this groundbreaking product," he added.

The company doesn't have a release date and pricing info for the DEC yet, but it will showcase the accessory at CES this week.

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