Originally Posted by MrMarbach
I find it hard to believe that it's a Sooloos-enabled M80 replacement bearing in mind the timescale: if M asked Rick to invite suggestions for features from us only a few months ago it simply can't be coming out in January - nor even announced.

You are assuming that Meridian only began ground-up development after hearing from Rick. I had heard that the M80 replacement was not to have a CD / DVD drive while the consultation was in progress. So perhaps Meridian just wanted to confirm or tweak a few features.

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