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Blu-Ray Coming to Apple Soon

Apple Insider has made the startling prediction that Apple plans to put Blu-ray drives into Macs. The company signed up for Blu-ray almost three years ago, but we expect Apple was waiting for HD-DVD to finally die before committing to Hi-Def hardware. What is surprising in Apple Insider’s report, though, is that Blu-ray almost made […]

Apple Insider has made the startling prediction that Apple plans to put Blu-ray drives into Macs. The company signed up for Blu-ray almost three years ago, but we expect Apple was waiting for HD-DVD to finally die before committing to Hi-Def hardware. What is surprising in Apple Insider's report, though, is that Blu-ray almost made the cut into the latest revisions to the MacBook Pro:ray.jpg

Apple had hoped to offer a Blu-ray option alongside its just-released Penryn-based MacBook Pros, but Sony has faced some quality issues pertaining to the slot-loading mechanism and laser in the SuperDrives. Apple was reportedly offered Blu-ray Combo drives in the meantime, which it turned down..

It could also have had something to do with battery life, which is something of an issue with the power-hungry optical drives.

Apple game rentals; Safari anti-phishing; Blu-ray notebook drives [Apple Insider via Electronista]