Fastmac Announces 2X Blu-Ray Optical Drive Upgrade for Macbook Pro

[alebar14]

http://fastmac.com/press/pr_42.php

 

[ksz]

^^^ but it's $1000. 🙁

 

[cervaro]

Another case of well done for achieving it, but why bother when only the rich and/or foolhardy will actually ever consider buying one? Maybe the guy gold plating his MBP will get one? 😉

 

[EvryDayImShufln]

It'd be dumb to waste 1000$ on a piece of technology that might become obsolete if beaten by HD DVD. Not to mention the fact that if it doesn't get beaten, the price will fall significantly.

 

[McGiord]

^^^ but it's $1000. 🙁

Only a Pro video enthusiast will pay that amount....

For mortals like us: better get a PS3.
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[xpovos]

They're milking the market for early adopters. Their price will drop eventually, too. At some point, the MBP will come straight from Apple with either a Blu-ray or HD DVD drive pre-installed, even if only as a CTO option (for less than $1000 extra).

Either way, I wish SOMEONE would go ahead and win this format war already. At the outset, I thought surely Blu-ray would be quickly victorious, what with equal definition and double the storage capacity---but this has gone on way too long now.

 

[FluJunkie]

They're milking the market for early adopters. Their price will drop eventually, too. At some point, the MBP will come straight from Apple with either a Blu-ray or HD DVD drive pre-installed, even if only as a CTO option (for less than $1000 extra).

Either way, I wish SOMEONE would go ahead and win this format war already. At the outset, I thought surely Blu-ray would be quickly victorious, what with equal definition and double the storage capacity---but this has gone on way too long now.

Sony is notorious for having a technically superior format that loses in the end. Frankly, I'm surprised Blu-ray lasted as long as it had, let alone potentially wins the war.

 

[GoCubsGo]

Finally! Something that makes the PS3 look inexpensive! Impressed but not willing to toss out $1000 on a format that may not survive.

 

[Malfoy]

They're milking the market for early adopters. Their price will drop eventually, too. At some point, the MBP will come straight from Apple with either a Blu-ray or HD DVD drive pre-installed, even if only as a CTO option (for less than $1000 extra).

Like those raid cards? 🙄

 

[Malfoy]

Only a Pro video enthusiast will pay that amount....

For mortals like us: better get a PS3.

We can burn BR on a ps3 now?

A BR burner for not TOO much more than a standard BR player isnt that bad. factor in the fact that its for a laptop and not just some huge stand alone device and you ALMOST have a deal.

 

[iToaster]

HA! Did anyone notice the pismo can get one? You would think that if they wanted a blu-ray disk burner they would have bothered with a new computer first. As for me, that $999.95 can buy better things for me, and the DVD does the job just fine.