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Avid Media Composer on Macbook Pro?
Hello,
My name is Brad and I have been hunting for the ideal editing system for my start up independent production company.Recently i was toying with the idea of picking up Avid’s Media Composer, as i have experience with Xpress Pro and Protools and liked their work flow. Has anyone trying installing/running this on a Macbook Pro? Avid’s spec sheets only listed certified G4 Powerbooks, but nothing newer.
Any help would be IMMENSELY appreciate.
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8 Replies
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Brad,
Give this a look-see.
https://www.avid.com/products/xpresspro/qualifiedmacworkstations.pdf
Regards,
Joe Womble
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Thanks, but i’ve seen this info on the Avid site.
I wanted to know if Avid Media Composer had been tested with the new Intel based Macbook Pro notebooks?
Has anyone tried this?
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Avid MC 2.7 (Universal) is in beta testing and should be out soon. This will run on the Macbook Pro.
Sincerely,
Oliver -
Thanks Oliver… that’s great news. Not to push my luck, but, have you heard of a release date yet?
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Avid is saying end of first quarter
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Excellent… hopefully there will be a benchmark test to see how efficient MC performs. If anyone hears anything about in the near future PLEASE keep me posted.
Thanks,
Brad -
Hello,
Just a heads up that MBP’s are STILL not yet certified for use with any Avid software as Avid has yet to officially release a public beta for Universal Binary. However, I happen to have a friend who has connections at Avid, and he told me the beta for Universal Binary ended over a month ago and the final release should be expected for late march (if there are no additional problems between now and then of course).
This is all unofficial information, and I haven’t yet seen it to say it’s true, but this is all I have heard. I hope it is true as I am looking to get a MBP for this summer if I end up getting an internship during my college’s summer break.
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Awesome, great inside news! I am looking to do the same thing this summer, while i’m working on a feature. I want to put together a strong, mobile editing package and want a solid platform to operate on. Let me know if hear anything new.
Thanks.
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