• Avid Media Composer

  Good system for Media Composer (iMac?)

  Posted by Mike Bosshard on October 16, 2008 at 12:36 am

  I’m looking to buy media composer and a system to run it with at the beginning of the new year. I’d like to get some input on some good systems to run it with.

  I’m very interested in an iMac, but from what I can tell, it wouldn’t allow for dual-monitors (if it does, please let me know how), something I might not get right away but would want down the line. This is the iMac system I was looking at:

  24″ monitor
  2.8 ghz intel core duo
  4 GB ram (upgrade)
  320 gb hd
  NVIDIA Geforce graphics card (upgrade)

  That runs at about $2300.

  Now I’m not opposed to a windows system, but I’m not sure I want to run this with Vista. What is the general consensus with vista and avid? I’m also definitely on a budget, so I’d like to keep it in this price range if not less (without the dual monitor for now). Any good recommendations? I’ll probably be getting the adobe production suite too, mainly for after effects, photoshop, and flash.

  Joe Womble replied 17 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Joe Womble

  October 16, 2008 at 11:45 am

  Mike,

  I’ve been running Media Composer on XP and Vista for some time now…very stable and few issues to report. If you prefer working on Mac, I really suggest you go with a qualified, recommended, supported system. Here are the Mac systems Avid recommends and supports:

  https://www.avid.com/resources/qualified/MediaComposer-Qualified-Apple-Workstations.pdf

  You’ll find the qualified PC systems on the site as well. Hope this helps.

  Regards,

  Joe Womble

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