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Media Composer 3.0 + iMac Help!
Hello. I want to get into Avid, and this is the Mac I want:
24 in iMac
3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM – 2×2 GB
1TB Serial ATA Drive (7200 rpm)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS w/512MB GDDR3Considering everything works swell on this powerbook:
MacBook Pro 17 in
2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM – 2x2GB
200GB Serial ATA @ 7200 rpmI’d imagine everything should work fine on the souped up iMac; but I gotta stop imagining and start getting advice, right?
Avid Media Composer’s system spec page does not list this iMac:
(https://www.avid.com/resources/qualif…rkstations.pdf)
I called Avid and their tech said that they didn’t think it would work. He said that the engineers that test different systems have not tested this iMac configuration.
I guess this is kinda a last ditch effort to see if anyone is using this computer with Media Composer.
-Or Advice?
Thanks.
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1 Reply
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Just because its not on the list, doesn’t mean it won’t work. Lots of people here use systems either home-built or just slightly off, in terms of setup.
HOWEVER
IF you plan to use this system to make money, and
IF you are the kind who likes to edit, rather than poke around in the OS and hardware for hours,Buy from a reseller.
Avid lists certified systems for a reason. They work. I’ve got 3 systems, and troubleshoot 8 more, and every one is a certified workstation. Sure they have odd problems here or there, but the problems are easily solved. I just don’t have the time to tinker with my money maker.
Jon
“Jamming our heads full of figures and angles
And telling us stuff that we already know”Willie The Wandering Gypsy & Me
Billy Joe Shaver
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