14 DAY TRIAL // Now that Blu-Ray has become the new king of the high-definition video industry, its backers are rushing to deliver it in the next generation of mobile computers. Among the first mass-adopters are Apple who have suggested that they would release Blu-Ray-equipped notebook PCs.
Official and unofficial sources claim that Apple will release their Blu-Ray notebooks in the following months. AppleInsider has recently said that MacBook Air's mother company has placed an order to Sony for slot-loading Blu-ray writers for its new offering of MacBook Pro systems.
According to the same sources, the company is almost ready to deliver the new goodies in the updated version of its MacBook Pro systems, but it is rumored to have ran into some technical issues with the blue laser diode and the troublesome slot-load mechanism. The company had to postpone the introduction of the Blu-Ray-enabled notebooks for an undisclosed amount of time. Moreover, Sony offered the company a combo drive, which could burn DVDs and CDs but only read Blu-ray media, but Apple turned it down.
The new offerings may sound fine to mobile high-definition enthusiasts, but the introduction of Blu-Ray drives for the mobile sector will come at the price of reduced battery autonomy. Blu-Ray readers are extremely inefficient when it comes to power consumption, and multiple reports claim that BD-enabled notebooks usually run out of juice before the first half of the movie is rendered.