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businessinsider.com - 2/27/2009

Apple Macs To Finally Get Blu-Ray?

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New licensing terms will make it easier for Apple (AAPL) to add Blu-ray drives to its computers. Will it bother? ZDNet : Companies that wish to make Blu-ray devices will very soon have a less expensive and simpler licensing process, according to a joint announcement on Wednesday from Sony, ...

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Apple to open Mac slots to Blu-ray?
MacDailyNews — ... reports. "Steve Jobs famously described Blu-ray as a 'bag of hurt' last year." Apple might want to keep Blu-ray away from Macs forever, Frommer writes, because "Blu-ray is still expensive, and hasn't really taken off in the market... Moreover, Apple's iTunes movie rentals and downloads compete with Blu-ray. So if Apple wants consumers to switch from disc-based to digital media as fast as possible, they shouldn't bother giving Blu-ray an entry into the Mac market." Full article here . [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Brawndo Drinker" for the heads up.] ...