Dell on Monday became the latest manufacturer to support Sony’s Blu-ray discs in its notebook computers, a move that was largely expected as Dell is a founding member behind the format. A Blu-ray drive is now available on the Dell XPS M1710 laptop, but it won’t come cheap.
The XPS M1710 is Dell’s high-end gaming laptop, which runs $3,699 with the Blu-ray drive. The addition will enable users to watch movies in the high-definition format (after purchasing the necessary playback software), as well as burn discs containing up to 50GB of data. The battle between Blu-ray and HD DVD is expected to heat up in the coming weeks as CES 2007 kicks off the new year in Las Vegas.
has Toshiba also come out with blu-ray drives in their laptops ?
^^ now that would be surprise since afaik toshiba is pushing hd-dvd
^^Yea thats right. Toshiba introduced a notebook with hd dvd. Sony(obviously) introuduced a notebook with Blu ray a few months back and now Dell’s following suit