Steve Jobs has already said that Apple isnit going to go with Blu-ray for now, but those who just have to have it anyway, AMEX Digital has announced its USB external Portable Super Multi-Drive for Intel Macs.
The slot loading Blu-ray drive has the following features:
- Latest Technology can supports the 12cm and 8cm disc
- BD-RE/-R (SL) 2X Speed Writing / Reading
- BD-RE/-R (DL) 1X Speed Writing / 1.6X Speed Reading
- BD-ROM (SL / DL) 2X Speed Reading
- Writes DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL discs at up to 4x speed
- Writes DVD-R and DVD+R discs at up to 8x speed
- Writes DVD-RW discs at up to 6x speed and DVD+RW discs at up to 8x speed
- Reads DVDs at up to 8x speed
- Writes CD-R discs at up to 24x speed
- Writes CD-RW discs at up to 16x speed
- Reads CDs at up to 24x speed
 AMEX Portable Super Multi Drive (black) |
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The external drive is compatible with Macs with Intel Core 2 Duo or faster and Mac OS X. It is available in black or white and is priced at US$289.00.
A search for blank Blu-ray media, 50 GB, showed that the best current prices are about US$27 each.