I am going away to college in late August and I am planning on buying a Macbook Pro. I would like to buy one while the back to school promotion is still going on and the only thing stopping me from doing it right now is the lack of a blu-ray drive. I have heard rumors that the Macbook Pro will be updated with a blu-ray drive soon, but I've also heard that this might not happen for a while. Anyway, my question is if I were to buy a MBP now, is there some sort of external blu-ray drive that I could buy and hook up to the computer? Thanks.
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Just FYI, I believe that bluray drives haven't made it into MBPs yet due to the fact that they are pretty power hungry. There are a few PC manufacturers with Blu-Ray ROMs in their laptops right now but I don't know the power consumption specs at this point. I'd imagine that it won't be long before we see them in Apple's Pro lineup.
Just FYI, I believe that bluray drives haven't made it into MBPs yet due to the fact that they are pretty power hungry. There are a few PC manufacturers with Blu-Ray ROMs in their laptops right now but I don't know the power consumption specs at this point. I'd imagine that it won't be long before we see them in Apple's Pro lineup.
I know LaCie makes one.. it's pretty expensive though 650+. Honestly though blu-ray won't make a massive difference on a laptop unless you're using a bigger external monitor. In this case the external might be a good option
I don't think Apple will have Blu-ray in its notebook line until the industry can make them so that you can watch at least 1 movie on battery power.
I believe, right now, that current Blu-ray notebooks you have to use them plugged-in in order to watch a full-length movie on it.
Maybe with an extended battery on a PC notebook right now, but I think that the CPU/GPU's are still a bit power hungry when decoding Blu-ray video....
I believe, right now, that current Blu-ray notebooks you have to use them plugged-in in order to watch a full-length movie on it.
Maybe with an extended battery on a PC notebook right now, but I think that the CPU/GPU's are still a bit power hungry when decoding Blu-ray video....
This is VERY true. In the current Dell XPS M1530 battery life (extended battery) is about 20-30 minutes while watching a blu-ray movie.
Kind of disappointing considering this is a $500 upgrade.
