[John Mecklenborg]

I don’t see why you would have any issues. I’m primarily an online (finishing) editor and my company just did a massive upgrade of all edit systems to HP Z400s or 800s, Windows 7 and either MC 5 or Symphony 5 respectively. All of the projects I’m currently working with were offlined with MC 4 on HP 8000s Windows XP. The only problem I have is a few scans may have to be re-worked a little bit and some FX may need to be tweaked slightly or re-rendered… nothing particularly out of the ordinary when onlining. Avid is pretty solid when it comes to opening old projects or moving projects to different computers. I’m not sure how you manage your media, but I find it easiest to have your AvidMediaFiles, OMFIMediaFiles, Archives, Music, etc. folders on one drive. Just make sure all of your files are backed up and all drive letters and folder names/location stay the same otherwise you will have a fun time trying to relink everything. Basically, if you’re a Nazi about keeping your media well organized you should have no problems beyond a re-render.

Unrelated:

I would switch from Firefox to Chrome if I were you. Much faster and cleaner UI.

Avid Symphony Nitris v5.0, Boris RED 4.0, HP z800 Intel Xeon X5570 @ 2.03GHz (2 processors), 6 GB RAM, NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800