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MCE intros Blu-ray burner for Mac Pro, Power Mac G5
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]
MCE OptiBay replaces your Macbook Pro or PowerBook G4 optical drive with a hard drive
If you tote a portable around all day and find yourself needing extra storage more often than you need to read or write CDs or DVDs and you're tired of depending on slow external drives, then MCE has a solution for you. The OptiBay Hard Drive replaces your internal Combo or SuperDrive with a 2nd internal hard drive, offering higher capacities (up to an additional 160GB) than have ever been seen in a notebook computer. The good news is you don't have to give up your optical drive completely because every OptiBay ships with a portable Firewire enclosure to house your now-naked drive.MCE is the company who also brought Expansion Bay drives to PowerBook G3 owners, so they are no strangers to this market. Prices range from $249 to $399 and all but the 15-inch MacBook Pro model is shipping now, with that one due out at the end of the month. I know a few mobile video editors who are going to be very pleased with this new offering.Thanks Joshua!Correction: In the comments, michael has pointed out that Alienware has a 17-inch model (the Aurora_m9700) that offers 2 drive bays allowing the same 320GB total expansion possibility. Ooof... it weighs almost 9lbs though! Thanks for the tip, michael!
