Anyone have this HP Probook 4730S computer?

[jbitakis]

http://www.amazon.com/HP-ProBook-4730s-17-3-Notebook/dp/B005CO4YUQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&...1390250&sr=8-1

I am thinking about buying this HP Probook 4730S computer for a steep discount, around $600. Is this a good laptop? Does it really have a blu ray BURNER??
James

[aedipuss]

hp laptops are ok. it's a higher performance model so battery runtime is going to be fairly short. should have bluray, but it depends on what options were ordered.

[mike20021969]

Does it really have a blu ray BURNER??

Is that a trick question?

Technical Details
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6370 (1GB dedicated video memory)
Blu-ray Burner Optical Drive

[jbitakis]

No trick question. The reason that I ask if it has a Bluray burner is because I called HP and the sales guy thought that it just has a Bluray PLAYER. A Bluray Burner can make a bluray disk, whereas a bluray player just plays bluray discs. BIG DIFFERENCE between the 2.
James

[redwudz]

The BD burner seems to be an option, so I would make sure the version you purchase has it: I saw this on HPs website for options for that model:

Optical drives:

Blu-ray R/RE DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL;
Blu-ray ROM DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL;
DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL;
DVD-ROM
(Blu-ray drives not available on configurations with an Intel Celeron processor)

A PDF data sheet about that model: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/pscmisc/vac/us/product_pdfs/HP_ProBook_4430s_4530s_4730..._Datasheet.pdf

[jbitakis]

I bought the HP laptop. Here is the Blu ray optical drive: hp BD-RE BT 10N
Is it a blu ray player only OR a blu ray burner/writer?

[redwudz]

That appears to be a LG Blu-ray burner. http://www.lgsolutions.com/__downloads/pdf/specbt10n021105pr.pdf