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Articles about optical drive

Why Apple isn’t going to be using Blu-Ray, ever

by Nicholas Montgomery on Mar 18, 2008 at 06:43 PM

We keeping hearing rumors about Apple moving over to Blu-Ray in laptops and desktop computers. I’ve got a few theories of why Apple will never use Blu-ray for Macs. Before I speculate of why the format won’t be coming, Apple signed up for Blu-Ray about 3 years ago! Since then,… Continue Reading »

Sony talks with Apple, MS about Blu-ray

by Nicholas Montgomery on Mar 11, 2008 at 05:52 AM

Sony is currently in the process of recruiting Apple to drop blu-ray hardware inside of Macs and also talking with Microsoft about supporting blu-ray - perhaps in the Xbox 360. This was discovered during a media dinner with Sony Electronics US president Stan Glasgow. If Apple were to switch over… Continue Reading »

No wireless DVD playback on MacBook Air

by Stephen Chinnadorai on Jan 27, 2008 at 10:35 AM

When you’re awestruck by the MacBook Air’s strikingly thin design - you start to forget about its drawbacks. Obviously, the major drawback is its optical drive - it doesn’t have one. This means you’ll either have to lug around an external drive (which costs an extra $99) or you’ll need… Continue Reading »

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