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Avid Laptop
Hey everyone, I am looking into learning AVID Media Composer. I was thinking about getting a macbook pro to run it on. Any suggestions. I want it to be fast so I would probably upgrade the ram. I am going to buy it used and get applecare and I dont want to spend more than 1700 at the absolute most.
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Here’s a link to what machine MC needs to run on:
https://www.avid.com/products/media-composer/qualified_mac_notebooks.pdf
It doesn’t mean MC won’t run on other machines. It means Avid has tested these platforms and can offer tech support.
Also, check out the minimum requirements:
https://www.avid.com/products/media-composer/systemrequirements.asp
Make sure you run the right OS.
Jon
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I realize that their are specific requirements and I have looked at them, but I want peoples personal experiences with avid media composer on a macbook pro. Thanks
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I’ve setup Media Composer on two 17″ Macbook Pros for editors, runnning 2.4GHz – 120GB 7200 RPM – 4GB RAM – running Avid Mojo. Also a 15″ Macbook Pro only running 2GB RAM via Avid Mojo. All systems run very smoothly, a year ago running Media Composer on the Powerbook G4’s was not as smooth and not as stable back then. I can definatly say that if you want to run Avid on the Macbook Pros, the only guide lines that I recommend to you is to have at least 2GB RAM and I know you can run problem free with a 5400RPM drive but I would reccommend a 7200RPM drive, Also if configuring with a Avid Mojo and external firewire drives I would reccomend purchasing a secondary Firewire card for your macbook pro (connect mojo to system firewire – drives to secondary card). Hope this was helpful…Note you can also have Avid Media Composer and Final Cut Studio 2 installed on the same laptop.
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did those laptops have tiger or leopard?
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Avid Media Composer v2.8 – Mac OS X v10.4.11 (TIGER) – Quicktime 7.3
These will result in a properly working machine….
Leopard is not approved yet and I have not tested this.
R u in Los Angeles?
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No, but I live kinda close to LA, about 3 hours away. Why???
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I could help you get a great deal on a macbbok pro and avid.
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Well I can get the educational deal on avid, but lets talk about the macbook pro. send me a message at quicksilver8907@yahoo.com when you can, and we can communicate that way.
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Hey Steven contact me asap. quicksilver8907@yahoo.com
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Hey Steven contact me asap. quicksilver8907@yahoo.com
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