PsyStar ups the ante [just a little]


PsyStar has announced that it now offers the 512MB nVidia 9800GT ($400) card and 6x Blu-ray optical disc drive ($310) as build-to-order options.

"Blu-ray has already won the format war. Not only is there fully functional and mature support for Blu-ray in other operating systems but you can now rent Blu-ray discs from almost any rental chain. Blu-ray has become pervasive technology that is being widely adopted by consumers everywhere," said Psystar president Rudy Pedraza.

Psystar has also brought nVidia's GeForce 9800GT graphics card to its line of OS X-compatible Open Computers, which offers increased graphics performance for high-end game play and media editing.

Editor's note: nVidia 9800GT? Cool, but $400 is way steep for a card that regularly sells for about $150 on the PC side.

Additionally, to date there isn't a Blu-ray playback application available for the Mac. Further, blank discs are far from cheap for just 25GB of capacity.

Personally, I think Steve is 90% right about Blu-ray. IMHO, the same $310 spent on hard disc storage would be money better spent...

What's your take?

via MacUser

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