50 GB Blu-ray drive for MacPro/G5

[Shaun Wexler]

On Jan 24, 2007, at 7:02 PM, Scott Anguish wrote:

> On Jan 24, 2007, at 2:31 PM, Shaun Wexler wrote:
>
>> <http://www.mcetech.com/blu-ray/>
>
> considering how long it takes to burn a 4 Gb DVD, I can't imagine  
> having the patience for these things..

Yeah, even with a dedicated ATA-133 PCI card (Mac have 30/60/100  
internal buses only) it would take nearly 7 hours for a full 50 GB  
Blu-ray disc!  Still, having all that capacity on 1 disc would be  
great.  For overnight backups, it's very feasible.

Future Apple-supplied Blue-ray drives in Mac Pro will probably  
utilize #5 and/or #6 SATA ports.

BTW, anyone know the spec'ed transfer rate corresponding to the 1x  
speed of the medium?
-- 
Shaun Wexler
MacFOH
http://www.macfoh.com


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