Apple to equip Macintosh Systems with Blu-Ray

One of the reasons for Apple to incorporate Blue-ray is to offer Macintosh’s users high definition videos and to compete with Windows Vista, which supposedly has support for HD DVD. On Vista, the native support requires no additional software to work as opposed to blue-ray discs, which require additional programs to be installed, for playback and other actions.

One advantage of having Blue-ray is that the user is able to watch movies at a 1920×1080 resolution with Dolby Digital audio, while the single-layer DVD could only offer a 720×480 (NTSC) or 720×576(PAL) resolution. Another advantage is that the new discs can store up to 27GB on a single layer and up to 50GB on two layers. The downside: it costs too much to produce.

According to ThinkSecret the first Blue-ray drives are scheduled for February 2007.