Likewise!
I just got through configuring a new Nehalem machine
with all the Mac and Windows programs I own,
with all the requisite plug-ins installed on both platforms,
and that took a full week of installations and entering endless serial numbers,
rebooting after installs, etc.
When I think of all the plug-ins that need to be installed
and may or may not work with FCP 7 until they are upgraded:
Magic Bullet Looks
Colorista
Boris Continuum 6
Sapphire Effects
Boris Red
Instant HD
All the Trapcode plugs
FX Factory
Core Melt
Nattress
Tiffen DFX
etc.
Not to mention CS4 Production Premium apps possibly having conflicts…
I am also wondering about video card support from Matrox, AJA, Blackmagic etc.
Raid driver support…
I will definitely let the brave souls in between projects take this release for many test drives before I commit to doing the new install! Everything is working so well together now,
I really hate to screw that up!
Dual 2.5 G5, IO, Kona LH, IO, Medea Raid, UL4D, NVidia 6800, 4Gig RAM
Octocore 8 GB Ram, Radeon card, MBP, MXO
Windows Vista Adobe Studio CS4, Vegas 8.0, Lightwave 9.3, Sound Forge 9, Acid Pro 7, Continuum 5, Boris Red 4, Combustion 2008, Sapphire Effects