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I want to buy a t61p now that they are out but really want one with a blu-ray drive. If i order now is there anyway to purchase the blu-ray drive and replace the dvd recordable drive?

The only other option I see at this time with blu-ray and these specs is the hp 8510w, which is more expensive and not proven.

Thanks for your comments.

Jim

one reason it's more expensive is because the BD drive alone is like $500-700, why waist that much money for unproven technology. It's not like you're gonna be burning alot of BD Discs, you and watching BD discs on a 15" monitor wont give you the extra detail so you desire.

HD shows it's potential on 30" and up screens, even tho it's 1920 x 1080 still doesn't make it worth it.

You're probably more likely to get Blu-Ray on the R series. The T series use the super slim 9.5mm height drives whereas the R series use regular size drives. I think there has already been some mention of Blu-Ray being available on the R series at some point.