Question : Problem: Blu-Ray Options for Dell Precision M65?

I currently have a Dell Precision M65 Notebook computer and I was looking for a Blu-Ray optical drive that would fit my system.  Dell is currently offering Blu-Ray recordable drives in their XPS series notebooks.  I called Dell to see if there was a drive available for my machine and they said that they have nothing.  Does anyone know a source or resource that I could investigate if I have a option to put a Blu-Ray Drive in  my machine.  I am looking for the drive because of the data capacity that it can hold.  I take a lot of video with my Sony HDR SR1 camcorder and my computer is filling up very fast with video files.  I need to rip them to disk.  

My system has the following specs...
Dell Precision M65
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Service Pack 2
Intel Core Duo T7600 2.33 Mhz
Memory      2,048.00 MB

Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.




Answer : Problem: Blu-Ray Options for Dell Precision M65?

I do not think blu-ray drives are widely available right now.  You can get yourself an external hard drive enclosure and fill it with a 500GB drive for less than what the cheapest blu-ray drive costs, and swap out the drive when it fills up (I would recommend at least two copies of anything important or irreplaceable).  500GB drives cost about $100 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136178) these days, and enclosures go for about $40 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817145167).
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