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Fastmac debuts slim Blu-Ray drive upgrade
updated 01:30 pm EDT, Fri April 6, 2007
Slim Blu-Ray drive upgrade
Fastmac today launched what it claims is the first and only Blu-Ray optical drive upgrade for Apple's PowerBook, iBook, and MacBook Pro laptops. The new slimline, slot loading drive uses one of the fastest and most compatible Blu-ray mechanisms to provide up to 50GB of storage on one disk, according to FastMac, without sacrificing compatibility with standard DVDs and CDs. The new drive supports reading, writing, and re-writing to single and dual layer Blu-ray media at 1x speeds. The drive upgrade is scheduled to ship within 10 days, and is available for pre-order with an introductory price of $800. Each drive carries a 1-year warranty and a 30-day money back guarantee.
The drive is compatible with standard DVD and CD media, writing to DVD-R and DVD+R media at 8x speed in single layer and 2x speed in dual/double layer mode. Fastmac's slimline slot loading Blu-Ray drive can also rewrite to DVD-R and DVD+R media at 4x speeds, offering support for DVD-RAM reading and writing at up to 5x speeds as well as standard CD-R and CD-RW burning at 8x speeds.
what a bargain :)
04/06, 01:44pm reply
Quick poll: how many folks need this enough to justify $800?
lockhartt
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Joined: Apr 2000
no one, really..
04/06, 02:18pm reply
... this is more of a prestige product, considering very few consumers will be buying this. Maybe a few working in the industry in order to save and work with BD data.
$800 today, $400 in six months, $200 or less in one year, once 2-3 other mnaufacturers jump on that bandwagon. Regular BD burners are already dropping in prices as well.
ZinkDifferent
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Joined: Jan 2005
Blu-Ray video?
04/06, 03:49pm reply
The site says, "And consumers can now watch today's latest HD content in true high definition with surround sound anytime & anywhere they happen to be." But there is NO blu-ray video player for the Mac yet. Am I missing something?
GreenMnM
Junior Member
Joined: Nov 2000
Apple DVD Player?
04/07, 06:47pm reply
Isn't there an HD tab in the prefs? Has anyone tried to play back with a Blu-ray?
aristotles
Senior User
Joined: Jul 2004
Beware
04/08, 09:25am reply
This company sometimes does not deliver. My new super macbook battery was never shipped.
starwarrior
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