Starcraft 2 with no DVD Drive

[iChimp]

Hey all,

Apologies if this is in the wrong forum - I wasnt sure where it fit best.

Basically I am after StarCraft 2 for my Mac which generally isnt an issue however my 'super' drive recently stopped reading any CD's or DVD's (it just takes a disc in, ticks for a while then spits it out).

I was condidering getting an external DVD drive and a copy of the game which again isnt a major problem but I was looking for a way to save some money on this.

I am assuming this isnt possible due to copyright issues that would arise but is it possible for me to get a copy of the game, put it onto my PC laptop, make a digital CD image of the disc and then put this onto a pen drive and use it to install onto my Mac? Like I said id imagine this is blocked but would be interesting to know if its a possibility.

Oh and I have also notice their is a Digital Download option ... but this costs £10 more than a hard copy and I was hoping to use my Amazon voucher I recently got from work

Thank you for any replies in advance.

Kind regards,

[iChimp]

Well i've ordered it now assuming id find a way to copy over the installation items ... but just thought I probably need to have the DVD in to play it .... d'oh!

[kalniel]

You can download it from Blizzard fine, then just activate it with your Amazon code. (or vice versa)

[iChimp]

You can download it from Blizzard fine, then just activate it with your Amazon code. (or vice versa)

Oh I didnt know you could do that!
That is pretty cool thanks for the heads up.

I hate to think what the size of the download is going to be ... still I guess it will be a good test of my new Virgin Media broadband I am getting next week!

Thanks for the info - much appreciated.

Kind regards,

[mightymouse]

you should be fine with virgin media, the digital download is ~7GB so best to leave it overnight

[iChimp]

Cor blimey 7 gig hey?
Certainly will be a test for my new broadband then ... hope it plays on my Mac after all that downloading!
Only one way to find out I guess ...