Subj : Retro Computing
To   : Nightfox
From : Derision
Date : Mon Nov 19 2018 15:01:34

  Re: Retro Computing
  By: Nightfox to Derision on Mon Nov 19 2018 10:13:47

 > Yeah, I thought it was somewhat odd (but not surprising) when Apple stopped
 > including optical drives in their Macs.  I also thought it was odd that
 > Apple never included blu-ray drives in their Macs though - as far as I know,
 > they only had DVD drives.

From what I understand of it, it was mostly the licensing nightmare of having a
built-in method for playing Blu-Ray movies that turned them off. Jobs referred
to it as a "world of hurt" or something, and focused instead on digital
content, downloading or streaming movies rather than physical media.

macOS itself has the drivers to access and burn blu-ray. I had an external USB
bluray that worked fine with it, and later replaced the original DVD-RW with a
blu-ray burner which I use sparsely enough that I'm considering replacing it
with a second hard drive. And there are some third-party apps that let you
watch media on blu-ray discs, but all of those apps cost way more than
something like VLC, which'll let you watch almost anything for free.

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