Apple seems determined to phase out built-in optical drives on
Macs. However, if it reconsiders -- and I think it should as I'm
convinced that the future of storage isn't all in the iCloud --
they might work with a fairly young company named "Millenniata"
(http://millenniata.com/). Millenniata makes the M-Disc, which
the company says is designed to last for 1,00 years or more.
Increasingly, data is stored on computer media such as hard
disks, CDs and DVDs. Most of those won't last beyond 10 years,
according to some studies. Unlike computer hard-drives and
optical discs (CD and DVD) that suffer from decay, destroying
the files you were trying to preserve and protect, the M-Disc
can't be overwritten, erased, or corrupted by natural processes,
according to the folks at Millenniata. The M-Ready drive
engraves your files onto the M-Disc. Here's how Millenniata
describes the technology: "These new materials enabled the use
of a more durable data mark -- a physical hole or pit that could
be formed in the data layer.