If my main goal is to rip some Blu-Rays I own and either make .avi backups or just use for editing purposes,
can anyone recommend an external Blu-Ray drive that can accomplish this?

Also curious as to what the PC or Laptop requirements would be for such a device.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I was doing some Google searches and came across items like:

DIGISTOR External Blu-ray Burner USB 2.0

Asus SBC-06D1S-U 6X BLU RAY Combo External Drive

Sony 6X External Slim Blu-Ray Burner/Writer and Free BD-R/BD-RE Discs Combo. Free 4X BD-R (10pcs in Cake Box) & 2X BD-RE (1pcs in BD-R Case) Part No. (BD-SNY+R10+RE1).
Manufacturer Part # BD-SNY+R10+RE1

Then I thought to come here to see if there were any thoughts on the matter.