Own a slim, 2 years now, no aircond or any cooling whatsoever (just ceiling fan), occasionally used and still going strong. Hope it last forever though But still wished there is an *easy* way like the fat ones to installed a 3.5 harddisk. waiting for a game to load from the dvd is a pain in the ass *sigh*..

You can actually get it done. DOn't know whether this would be considered *easy* or not?
refer to http://www.hdadvance.com/usb_extreme_whatis.htm

Hope that helps