Fastmac today announced the “first & only” Blu-Ray optical drive upgrade for Apple’s MacBook Pro 17-inch, PowerBook G3 and G4, as well as for iBook G4 laptop computers.
The new slimline slot loading drive enables writing of up to 50 Gb of data on one Blu-Ray disc. Fastmac’s Blu-ray drive supports reading, writing and re-writing to single and dual layer Blu-ray media at 1x speeds. The drive is also compatible with standard DVD and CD media and can write to DVD-R and DVD+R media at 8x speed in single layer and 2x speed in dual/ double layer mode. It can rewrite to DVD-R and DVD+R media at 4x speeds. Fastmac’s Blu Ray drive also supports DVD-RAM reading and writing at up to 5x speeds and standard CD-R and CD-RW burning at 8x speeds.
The announced Blu-Ray drive for Apple’s computers requires Mac OS X 10.2.8 or higher. It is also compatible with iMac G5, iMac Intel, and Mac Mini.
Fastmac’s Blu-Ray optical drive upgrade is scheduled to ship within 10 days and is available for pre-order from www.fastmac.com for an introductory price of $799.95.
