Just because Psystar and Apple recently decided to enter into arbitration instead of going to court doesn’t mean that Psystar isn’t going to try to sell as many machines as possible before the final decision comes down, no siree bob. In fact, today, Psystar decided to one-up Apple, not only releasing a new model of clone, but one that comes with a built-in, patented Blu-Ray bag of hurt plus Nvidia’s new 9800GT graphics card—beating Apple to the punch, at least for now. I’m guessing that this will give Messrs. Cooperman and Yorio lots to arbitrate.

Via MacUser

The Portable Blu-ray Super Multi Drive supports on the Quiet Drive Technology reduces the noise level of audio and video playback while also delivering increased writing reliability. Liquid Crystal Tilt/Blur Compensator plays and records to discs more reliably – the AD Research technology that compensates for warped discs. Dual/Double Layer recording provides nearly twice the capacity of a single layer recordable Blu-ray-R (25 Gbytes vs. 50 Gbytes).

Everything you need in a Blu-ray optical drive.
Whether you’re at the office or on the road with your computer, you can play and burn both Blu-ray and DVDs with the Blu-ray Super Multi Drive. It’s perfect when you want to watch a Blu-ray and DVD movie, install software, create backup discs, and more.

Technical Details

Slot-loading Blu-ray Super Multi Drive

(BD-RE/-R/DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

BD-RE/-R (SL) 2X Speed Reading
BD-RE/-R (DL) 1.6X Speed Reading
BD-ROM (SL / DL) 2X Speed Reading
Writes DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL discs at up to 4x speed
Writes DVD-R and DVD+R discs at up to 8x speed
Writes DVD-RW discs at up to 6x speed and DVD+RW discs at up to 8x speed
Reads DVDs at up to 8x speed
Writes CD-R discs at up to 24x speed
Writes CD-RW discs at up to 16x speed
Reads CDs at up to 24x speed
What’s in the Box

Blu-ray Super Multi Drive
USB cable
User’s Guide CD-Rom
Dimensions

Size: 140 x 143 x 16 mm
Weight: 360 grams

Power requirement
USB bus powered or 5V DC Power

Interface
USB 2.0 connection

Connector type
USB type A

System requirement
Intel® Core 2 Duo CPU or better
NVIDIA GF8000 Series or better
ATI HD2000 Series or better
USB interface
2GB of RAM or more
Operating System: Mac OSX and Windows XP & Vista

Model : BDP-2 Blu-ray Player
US$289.00

Model : BDR-2 Blu-ray Recorder
US$389.00

Blu-Ray is a not for Apple right now, mac users have been waiting a long for Apple to add Blu-Ray disc to the mac the future is looking worse in this matter when today Steve Jobs was asked about the state of Blu-Ray on the mac: “Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt. It’s great to watch the movies, but the licensing of the tech is so complex, we’re waiting till things settle down and Blu-ray takes off in the marketplace.” The immediate question is: How can Asus, Dell, Toshiba, HP and others offer Blu-Ray in sub $900 laptops and Apple can’t? The right answer is unknow, but at least we can say that while Apple is protecting its online movie sales we are left behind with a format that is becoming obsolete day by day and by the time Apple decides that We can have BD on our machines, the next format will be taking over Blu-Ray and we will have to way another 3 years for mass adoption and Apple consumer research on that matter. This is the same reason the AppleTV is a toy device, Apple is fighting two wars, trying to innovate while forcing us not to have the latest technology, you can have the perfect wireless companion with the AppleTV, broadast your internet videos to your tv, but you can’t use the AppleTV as a DVR, something so basic that even a $100 USB card from Miglia can provide HD TV and DVR features to your mac. Apple this time you are late….