Really, this is getting as bad as the "Why doesn't Toshiba release a sub-$100 Blu-ray player?" BS that EHD keeps pushing. (Answer: BECAUSE THEY LOST A BILLION ON HD DVD ALREADY AND WANT TO RETURN TO PROFITABILITY, IDIOTS!)
Yes, you can physically attach a Blu-ray drive to a Mac. No, this is not the same as the Mac supporting Blu-ray. The only way to make a Mac support Blu-ray is to get hold of DumpHD and an H.264 player app. Maybe you can persuade those nice folks at SlySoft to come up with a Mac version of AnyDVD for ya.
Seriously. Are all the people who are so angry about this BD situation actually going to go out and buy this thing? I think not.
Without movie playback the burning function alone is NOT worth the price. I have toast 9 which will burn to BluRay, but that doesn't mean that function is worth spending the money on a second drive for my Mac Pro. Even if Apple offered it I wouldn't buy it. Blu-Ray is for my PS3 and TV. I don't need it on my computer.
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What's the point? There is no software that will reliably playback BDs.
For OS X that is.
Exactly! That's what Teh Steve was talking about.
Really, this is getting as bad as the "Why doesn't Toshiba release a sub-$100 Blu-ray player?" BS that EHD keeps pushing. (Answer: BECAUSE THEY LOST A BILLION ON HD DVD ALREADY AND WANT TO RETURN TO PROFITABILITY, IDIOTS!)
Yes, you can physically attach a Blu-ray drive to a Mac. No, this is not the same as the Mac supporting Blu-ray. The only way to make a Mac support Blu-ray is to get hold of DumpHD and an H.264 player app. Maybe you can persuade those nice folks at SlySoft to come up with a Mac version of AnyDVD for ya.
Seriously. Are all the people who are so angry about this BD situation actually going to go out and buy this thing? I think not.
Without movie playback the burning function alone is NOT worth the price. I have toast 9 which will burn to BluRay, but that doesn't mean that function is worth spending the money on a second drive for my Mac Pro. Even if Apple offered it I wouldn't buy it. Blu-Ray is for my PS3 and TV. I don't need it on my computer.
Thankfully, the comments on this site are always more civil than Engadget.