The bluray mkv movies that I usually d/l are at least 10-11 gb and higher and usually around 14-18 even.
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Who Would Like To See Blu ray In The New Macbooks?
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The bluray mkv movies that I usually d/l are at least 10-11 gb and higher and usually around 14-18 even.
Blu-ray would provide an advantage over DVD in anything higher than 640*480 (although 1920*1200 is needed for best advantage).
I would rather have a MacBook with no optical drive with the extra space for 2 HDs and a quad-core CPU though.
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I would like a Blue-ray drive/burner, because I would like to do some video editing of some trips I went on. It doesn't have to be built-in blue-ray, maybe a peripheral, perhaps in the Mactv or whatever you call it, (can't think of the name right now). If they do flash drive, that's fine, don't think it's as durable as a disk though. Flash drive movies will probably be in the future.
does anybody want to recomend a current Blue-ray Drive/Burner that works well with either Mac pro, or MBP?
I would like a Blue-ray drive/burner, because I would like to do some video editing of some trips I went on. It doesn't have to be built-in blue-ray, maybe a peripheral, perhaps in the Mactv or whatever you call it, (can't think of the name right now). If they do flash drive, that's fine, don't think it's as durable as a disk though. Flash drive movies will probably be in the future.
does anybody want to recomend a current Blue-ray Drive/Burner that works well with either Mac pro, or MBP?
No.
Your computer will only be able to watch 30 minutes worth of Bluray on battery power.
Watching and burning Bluray (basically doing anything with Bluray is better on a desktop or an external.
Your computer will only be able to watch 30 minutes worth of Bluray on battery power.
Watching and burning Bluray (basically doing anything with Bluray is better on a desktop or an external.
1. 720p= low-def version of hi-def
2. No, 15 minutes.
3. And get rid of all the :apple : stuff, making me dizzy.
If they do ever release a BR into a Macbook, they will release it in their MBP or MP first long before they would ever consider it in their low-end MBs. Now if they some how made a 13" screen with true hi-def 1920x1200 screen would be simply amazing.
i'm not really bothered at the moment, as i hardly use my drive anyway..
mostly download (legal!!)/stream content, which works for me anyway...
mostly download (legal!!)/stream content, which works for me anyway...
How much money do you think a MBP Blu-Ray drive and large (128 GB?) solid state drive would cost?
I don't want a BR drive in my laptop, and I don't think I'll ever need one. Desktop? Sure. Laptop? I'd rather have an external BR drive. I rarely use my Combo Drive now, so I think of it as a large, seldomly used object that takes up too much space. Other than operating systems, most things can be transferred using flash drives anyway.
Me too.....a 15" MBP with no optical drive, 1 hard-disk, quad core, and real graphics card. Let the buyer fill that extra space with whatever they want, whether it's a 2nd HDD, an SDD, an optical drive, or nothing at all. I basically want a MBA version of the 15" MBP, but without all the extreme taper along the edges. That would allow for FireWire, USB, DisplayPort, and whatever else is necessary.
They can do that today. The only problem is that we need resolution independent OSs first. Otherwise, everything on your screen will appear very very small, since the size of all your icons and text were specified under the assumption that screens had a pixel density of around 100 ppi.
I have been searching and havent found much about the possibility of blu ray in the new macbooks. I personally would love to have it. Wouldnt it be great to have a feature where you could watch blu ray on your laptop or stream it to you iPhone or iPod Touch wirelessy. So tell me what you think.
I believe if Apple upgrades their logic boards to X4500 then it is a possibility. X4500 I believe can play 1080P media only using 10% of its CPU power. However, it will not be the upcoming revision. Most likely, within late 09.
Drivers are still a little flaky for GPU decoding. Then again the last I heard was from the beta drivers a few months ago. This is for Windows as well.
Drivers are still a little flaky for GPU decoding. Then again the last I heard was from the beta drivers a few months ago. This is for Windows as well.
At least it is in the works, and of course Apple will eventually have it incorporated in their logic boards.