Dell :: E Module Bay 2.5" Drive

So it seems everyone is up in arms about the 1.8" drives in the modular bay, vs the standard 2.5" in the old D-series machines. I may have found both a cause of Dell's decision and a solution.

The new e modular bay is basically an sata optical drive, with a latch. Lenovo uses virtually the same setup in their new T400/T500 ThinkPads. See this:
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and there are some good pictures on a $40 ebay item, but I will let you find that:
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So my theory is that Lenovo patented this adapter and since the Dell one would be so close they can't actually make it.

Anyway it looks like this could work to give us another 2.5" hard drive, but I would really like to see if someone here has access to both a T400/T500 and an E-series lattitude. If you could compare the optical drive and even see if they can be swapped.