There are rumours that Apple will be releasing Blu-ray internal drives for their new Macs, which are to be released at this years MacWorld. This could majorly support Sony and their Blu-ray format in the HD wars against HD-DVD who are currently pulling away with cheaper discs and players, but if Apple were to change their current drives from DVD to Blu-ray this would see alot more people opting for Blu-Ray. Apple may also choose to opt for a HD-DVD/Blu-Ray combo player, to allow both formats to work, and not get involved in the format war, which could see them lose major clients and money if Blu-ray loses it.

American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu said “We believe this is a key announcement as current Macs ship with the DVD format and Sony gains a strong ally in Blu-ray.”. These new drives would be set to ship inside the ultra-portable MacBooks which are almost definitley going to be released next week at MacWorld, which Wu also backs reports of, “We believe Apple will re-enter the sub-notebook market, but this time use NAND flash as primary storage to improve battery life, reliability, and reduce weight,” he wrote. “Our sources indicate that the possible names of this new product include ‘MacBook mini’ or ‘MacBook slim’.” This guest article has been written by Robert Day.