MCE intros Blu-ray burner for Mac Pro, Power Mac G5
by Donald Melanson 
posted Jan 25th 2007 at 12:59PM
Japan's Logitec may have been the first to lay claim to a Mac-compatible Blu-ray burner, but it looks like MCE Technologies gets the bragging rights for the first Mac-friendly internal burner, which also has the added benefit of actually being available 'round these parts. As with the Logitec, MCE's Mac Pro and Power Mac G5-compatible drive will give you 2x reading and writing speeds on Blu-ray discs, as well as the usual less-than-speedy burning times for CDs and DVDs. The key to the Mac compatibility is, of course, Roxio's Toast 8 Titanium software, which first declared its Mac Blu-ray support last summer but so far hasn't been able to put it to much use. While you'll have to crack open your case, you will be somewhat rewarded for your effort, with drive setting you back considerably less than Logitec's external offering, available now direct from MCE for $699.[Thanks, Dave]
Filed under: Misc, Blu-ray, Other hardware
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
bill @ Jan 25th 2007 3:06PM
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=21709&vpn=LH-2B1S&manufacture=Liteon
There is also this for PC users. BLu-ray is coming on strong!!
Ben Drawbaugh @ Jan 25th 2007 6:24PM
And ohh by the way doesn't play Blu-ray movies!
bill @ Jan 26th 2007 11:02AM
It says right in the specs for BD playback and authoring. Dosen't that mean it plays BD?
hbrod @ Oct 30th 2007 7:38PM
They'll be delivering this MCE BluRay burner very shortly. Anyone have a link on installing this as a second optical drive? I've heard that the power connector is difficult to remove during the installation process.