The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Does the 6930p have a fixed optical drive?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by MattB85, Jul 30, 2008.

  1. MattB85

    MattB85 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    28
    Messages:
    677
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Looking at the specs on the new EliteBook, it appears to have a fixed optical drive instead of a Multibay drive. Is this true, and if so can anyone shed light on the rationale for dropping a key feature like this?
     
    MattB85, Jul 30, 2008
    #1
  2. zeus0r

    zeus0r Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    9
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    zeus0r, Jul 31, 2008
    #2
  3. chrixx

    chrixx Product Specialist NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    641
    Messages:
    1,859
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    The MultiBay is renamed UpgradeBay as HP's MultiBay isn't exactly multi-functional when it only supports either an optical disc drive or a hard disk, but if that's what you want, it is still "modular".
     
    chrixx, Jul 31, 2008
    #3
  4. MattB85

    MattB85 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    28
    Messages:
    677
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    It lists a "Fixed 12.7 mm SATA optical drive" though, which makes me think it isn't as easily swappable as older models' drives.
     
    MattB85, Aug 1, 2008
    #4