Bluray possibility

Do you guys think when Bluray reading/writing support is avalible for the MBP, will it be possible to go to the apple store and have them switch out the old superdrive for a new Bluray drive?

kkelly122 said:

Do you guys think when Bluray reading/writing support is avalible for the MBP, will it be possible to go to the apple store and have them switch out the old superdrive for a new Bluray drive?

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def will be able to but it wil cost lots of mula

If they don't change the way the drive is shaped it might be possible. It will be extremely expensive though.
I know Sony puts Blu-ray drives in their laptops but they're willing to take the losses to promote their technology. I don't see Apple doing the same thing.

It's my understanding that Apple will not swap out components on their computers for component upgrades. I once checked with them to see if they would load a higher capacity hard drive into my MBP and that's what I was told. They'll replace defective parts, but won't upgrade. The only reason I can think of is because they want you to just buy a whole new computer.

I was at a Simply Computing store here in Vancouver BC.......LaCie External Firewire/USB 2.0 BluRay burner......I almost had a heart atack at the price.....eight hundred bones !

External drives are expensive. I've seen some for $600 though.
The new Toast will burn Blu-ray but I don't know of any app that lets you play them.

You can get internal Blu-Ray burners for around $350 and simple Blu-Ray read only drives for a paltry $125. I'm seriously considering getting the latter for my HTPC as it's the cheapest way to get Blu-Ray right now.

man i wish they could just swap it out. i just checked to see how much 1 burnable bluray disk cost and it was $13.99 for 1 disk. what a rip off. i guess ill see and just wait what happens on the prices. i would really love to have it though in the future.