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wraggster
October 22nd, 2008, 20:59
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It's debatable whether or not Apple is losing its touch with FireWire, but you can rest assured that OWC hasn't. Said outfit has just announced the industry's first Blu-ray external drive with a quad interface, meaning you can link it up to your PC or Mac via FireWire 400, FireWire 800, USB 2.0 or eSATA. The Mercury Pro SW-5583 arrives with the capability to toast BD-Rs at a rate of 4x and includes a pair of 25GB BD-R discs for $499.99; the closely related Mercury Pro SW-5583T throws in a full retail version of Roxio Toast 9 Titanium (OS X) and sells for $579.99. Now, if only we could convince Steve that Blu-ray and Macs could indeed get along together, we'd really be satisfied.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/22/owc-introduces-first-external-blu-ray-drive-with-quad-interface/

sorceror
October 23rd, 2008, 14:49
Dang. I remember when CD burners (and then DVD burners) set you back comparable prices. I'll be waiting a while before I can afford to spring for a BD-R drive. Of course, I'm sure a lot of other people are counting on the price curves, too, which could affect adoption. Must be hard to be an electronics maker...