• Avid Media Composer

  MC6 Upgrade OR not?

  Posted by Peter Groom on December 23, 2011 at 10:16 am

  Is the consensus amongst users that I should or should not upgrade to MC6 YET?

  I have the software and the license etc so theres no cost there, BUT to do the upgrade is will have to buy
  A new MOBO to support more ram
  A new OS (Win 7 XP Pro)
  New RAM (thinking 16gig)
  New CPU (thinking i7 3,2 gen 2)
  total cost about £500.

  I dont mind spending the money, but as my MC5.5 works pretty well doing everything i want (with the exception of avchd ama access which I want)
  is the feeling that MC6 is good, worth the hassle, stable enough yet or should I wait until patches etc have come out.

  NB My MC is for home use, not an edit house etc.

  Cheers

  Peter

  Post Production Dubbing Mixer

  Job Ter burg replied 14 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Job Ter burg

  December 23, 2011 at 11:04 am

  MC6 is very stable, considering it is a .0-release. Rule of thumb is to upgrade only when there are new features you need, and not rely on .0-releases for mission critical operation.
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  Peter Groom

  December 23, 2011 at 12:28 pm

  Think Ill just stay put then for the time being.
  Peter

  Post Production Dubbing Mixer
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  Glenn Sakatch

  December 23, 2011 at 8:55 pm

  Dont you need windows.7 on the windows.side

  Glenn
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  Job Ter burg

  December 24, 2011 at 6:40 pm

  Yes you do. See: https://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=267087

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