When, if ever will blu ray drives become standard.

[Bokal]

goddog said:

Bokal said:
I'd say as soon as it become affordable. Why wouldn't you want a bluray drive? It's backward compatible with DVDs and CDs and you can play bluray movies...

Would be stupid not to have one if it's affordable.

Sony (of course) started to put it in it's computers already, so does Dell (for 200€ now...), so will Apple (from what I've heard).

I think it will soon become the standard, or at least widely available.

Not from apple anytime soon

Steve has said its a no go unless blue ray spec settles down (which it has not) and sales boost majorly (which they have not. only new releases are seeing even 2X% sales figures)... also dont forget apple sits on the blueray board and they said this

from a CNN interview

"I asked Jobs whether this meant the format war between Blu-ray and HD-DVD was over, with Apple the big winner. Clearly, he said, Blu-ray won, but in the new world order of instant online movie rentals, in HD, no one will care about what format is where.  Funny how fast tech can move."

http://www.cnbc.com/id/22673034

 

from steve at a keynote

"Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt. It's great to watch the movies, but the licensing of the tech is so complex, we're waiting till things settle down and Blu-ray takes off in the marketplace." Phil chimed in with "We have the best HD movie and TV options in iTunes." Damn. As if that weren't enough to make Mac-lovin' home theater junkies cringe, Steve also commented (when asked about the dearth of HDMI in his introductions) that HDMI was "limited in resolution," and Philip Schiller elaborated by saying that "for typical computer use, DisplayPort is the connector of the future."

http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/14/steve-jobs-calls-blu-ray-a-bag-of-hurt/

 

He said that because Bluray movies compete with iTunes. I could bet it was a move to convince movie studios to sell their movies on iTunes instead of Bluray, and to convince share holders that selling movies on iTunes was a good idea.
The best part being "the licencing of the tech is so complex"... Dell, HP, and other did it... so... must not be SOOOOO complex after all...
I can't even imagine Apple, the company that always come with high quality and bleeding edge hardware, not taking the bluray bandwagon.