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HD Mac Pros At NAB?

LoopRumors believes that April's NAB will infuse the Mac Pro with a HD burner option.

Today's information confirms a rumor we brought you in July and cites the ability to burn and play high-definition format discs, although the specific format was not mentioned in this latest tidbit, we are still assuming that since Apple has its hand in the Blu-Ray technology, this optical format will be the most likely candidate.


Indeed, Apple sits on the Blu-ray board of directors, however a ThinkSecret rumor from last year had indicated that Apple may be toying with the idea of supporting both formats.

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65 months ago
i hope this is true, and that somehow it will support both formats (if possible). as long as i can put a drive in my mac pro, everything's gravy....:apple:
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65 months ago
This should appease the whiners. I hope HD-DVD gets off its butt and provides a burner. I've seen blank discs but no burners.
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65 months ago
Sounds reasonable. What I don't buy though are all these rumours of a MacPro redesign - the current model is still too new !

What I'm hoping these rumours point to is another desktop Mac model that sits between the Mini and the Pro. If that happens, my credit card will be out of my wallet so fast Einstein will be spinning in his grave !
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65 months ago

Sounds reasonable. What I don't buy though are all these rumours of a MacPro redesign - the current model is still too new !

What I'm hoping these rumours point to is another desktop Mac model that sits between the Mini and the Pro. If that happens, my credit card will be out of my wallet so fast Einstein will be spinning in his grave !


i vaguley remember seeing in the mac pro's someone posted files for HD-dvd and blu-ray dvd drives as an add on, it was on this site as this is the only one i know of.
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65 months ago
Ah either way it will cost a firtune. Those things are upwards of 500 dollars each.
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65 months ago
Geez we have to wait that long for the 8 cores, man this is crazy.
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65 months ago

Ah either way it will cost a firtune. Those things are upwards of 500 dollars each.


Hehehehe, I think once you are getting a Mac Pro, a $500 optical drive is not necessarily out of reason. Not like it's being put in the Mini.
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65 months ago
The porn industry has adopted the HD-DVD format. Game over.....

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65 months ago
So that burner will cost what, 20-25% of any new mac? That's a pretty expensive BTO option...
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65 months ago
What's NAB?
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