I was just curious.  So I searched.  “Blu-Ray” “Apple” on the search window.  Interestingly, the intersection of those two terms goes back to at least 2005.    Hubby’s new Sony laptop has Blu-Ray capability (and he likes it — says the latest Harry Potter video looks fabulous (not his term)).  I plan to buy a MacBook Pro for my next computer acquisition (if you’ve been reading here long, you know this).  And I got to wondering…

Hence the search.  Macworld reported in March, 2005, about Apple’s joining the Blu-Ray  Board of Directors.  That was nearly thee years ago.  I wondered, what is going on lately?  Sure enough, Apple is still on the Board of Directors.  Engaget reported as late as January 3, 2008, about anticipation the Apple would bring Blu-Ray to Macworld Expo.

Macworld’s been and gone, but I don’t remember hype about Blu-Ray.  Macbook Air (the notebook that assumes ubiquitous broadband Internet access — ha!), but not Blu-Ray.  Industry buzz said Blu-Ray will be coming to Macbook’s by February.  2007.  I double-checked the MacBook Pro site — nada.   The buzz seemed to tie a new drive to the release of Leopard, though, so my hope remains alive that by the time I’m ready to purchase a new computer, it may, in fact, arrive with Blu-Ray inside.  Buzz is the only thing supporting that right now, and I’ll just have to wait and see on official word.