Matt

Hey, I have a Dell Studio 17 and I when I was customizing it or whatever, I didn't include blue-ray. But now I kind of wished I did. Is there a way to get an upgrade or do you basically have to buy a new computer?

hahajoker

you can take out the old disk drive and replace it with a new one...it might be hard to do if you dont know what your doing...and it will probably be expensive if you get someone to do it for you...but yes it is possible

Lavonta

yep, you just eject the old drive and insert a slim blu-ray capable drive. Or u could use a usb blu-ray drive.


http://www.case-mod.com/silverstone-tob02-slim-blueray-dvd-combo-optical-drive-p-4340.html

taalii123

Yes, computers are upgradeable.

EddY

Laptops optical drives, like hard drives, virtually always use the same form-factor and interface, and thus are interchangeable. So, technically speaking, the answer is yes.

HOWEVER, you have the issue of the custom bezels (possibly with custom eject button layout) and sometimes (especially with hard drives) custom carriers/trays, that you'd have to remove and then reapply to the replacement drive. With some models it's easy, with others it's more of a challenge. If you didn't care about the aesthetics of the laptop, you could just stick a generic drive with a generic bezel in there, but given the fact that Sony's are known for their aesthetics, it would be a shame to ugly one up with a generic bezel.

But mechanically and electrically speaking, yes, you can upgrade a laptop's optical drives unless it's one of the rare few that uses a custom interface or form-factor. And I don't know of any off-hand that do so.

Gregory F

If they make a blue ray rom for computers you can upgrade to it