Change Optical Drive for HD in MBP?

[Luis]

Ok, I know this is a longshot and probably won't work, but I've got this question bugging me and I figured I should ask, if just to get it off me.

While being on system profiler some days ago, I realized that the optical drive in my computer is connected by an ATA cable and I know that older machines use this protocol to connect Hard drives. So the question is, is it possible to replace the optical drive in my machine with another HD with a bit of hacking magic? Or is it simply not possible by some hardware difference?

 

[gr8tfly]

You might be interested in this: http://www.mcetech.com/optibay/

 

[Luis]

Holy! I guess I was not that lost after all! Thanks for the heads up!

This has got to be one of the coolest things ever, I wonder why it isn't that talked about? Anyone used it? Does it function well?

 

[Justinerator]

Holy! I guess I was not that lost after all! Thanks for the heads up!

This has got to be one of the coolest things ever, I wonder why it isn't that talked about? Anyone used it? Does it function well?

yeah, that's pretty cool. I would like to know this as well

 

[AJ Muni]

Wow that does look real cool, keep us updated Luis.