To be honest I haven't even looked for the BD drive until reading this post. I guessed there may have been a mistake with images used and its not the end of the world really. I bought this laptop purely for gaming and shortly VR use. With 3 kids its good to have a portable solution that I can put away out of harms way when not in use. For what it is the performance of the laptop has met my expectations although its a bit gaudy. Fan noise is bearable when gaming but then again as expected with a 1080 in a laptop. I have an XPS15 for when I need a 'normal' laptop. After the XPS screen the MSI was a slight dissappointment. I probably expected more from the 120hz display however,again, it is great for gaming which was my primary need for this laptop.
Was it worth the money? Not really. Early adoptors pay a premium so I understand that and there is no doubting the perfomance. Quality is adequate but again coming from the XPS everything feels slighty cheap as far a build quality. Brushed effect looks good in pictures but its still just plastic.
How often does one use a BD writer (and coming from the XPS I have an external BD writer anyway) and while the thinner chassis would suit me better I'm not sure the 1080 would work as well. The heat coming out of the laptop is uncomfortably hot so to me it need the deeper chassis with the airflow it provides.
Reading through this sounds harsh but the laptop does have amazing performance -
http://www.3dmark.com/fs/9829536 Once you see the performance you can forgive the gaudy looks