I'd really appreciate any help on this.

I'm currently looking for a mountain bike and tried the next version up of this one. I was very happy with it, but the colourscheme doesn't fill me with joy. The blue/white however, I do like very much, but would prefer it with disc brakes. As far as I can tell, this bike has mounting points on the frame for adding disc brakes, but would need a new wheel set too. I am going to ring the LBS shop in the morning, but would really appreciate anyone saying if this would be a completely stupid/expensive ask.

The alternative would be to see if he could get me one in in last season's colours, which I also love. They are reduced all over the internet, however I would want to buy from him, and he only has the 2011 stock in now. Again, would it be a stupid question to see if he could get one in (I know little about cycling and even less about how LBS make their money). If he could do this I could probably go for a higher spec model).

Thanks for any help.