The 'works on the Mac' issue is probably related to the Intel transition, likely the Universal Binary is due in a month.
Moot point since the mac pro's aren't that much faster than the last-gen G5's, it's the Single-dual core switch, as well as the mobile units, where the speed gains occured. -Adam Paul Stenquist wrote: > Avid was available only for Macs for many years. The PC version is > more recent. > Paul > On Sep 30, 2006, at 10:02 PM, Ivan Shukster wrote: > >> My friend and co-worker finally convinced the powers to be that he >> needed a >> Mac to run AVID as that would be better than the Windows XP/ >> Premiere Pro set >> up he had. >> >> After the hassle of getting permission and then the first person >> refused to >> buy it so he needed another department head to pay for it on >> Thursday he got >> AVID and the Mac. And AVID will not work on the mac. Apparently it >> will be >> another month until the bugs are worked out and it will work on the >> mac. In >> the meantime he installed it on the XP computer. I laughed and >> laughed cause >> he is always telling me how easy Macs are to install software and >> hardware >> and now the reason for buying it does not work. Of course once I >> realized >> that it just means it is that much longer that I have to wait to >> get the XP >> and have to keep using the computer I am using I stopped laughing. >> Using a >> 2000 machine with about a 1/2 bit harddrive or so it seems cause >> there is >> nothing on the computer and no place to put any files but at least >> I am >> seldom in the office using it. >> >> I sent him the link to the free Avid program as maybe that will >> work in the >> meantime and also downloaded it at home. Thanks for the link as >> will give it >> a spin here at home as probably be using it at work sometimes as well. >> >> Am not a Mac user for three reasons a)they were way too expensive >> when we >> got our first computer and b) several programs I need to use Idrisi >> and >> ArcGIS are Windows only and c) whenever I do use a Mac I can never >> figure >> out how to turn them off. I will defend Windows over Macs to >> people that I >> know and also know it will bug them. That includes my friend and >> only cause >> he is always bragging them up. Plus it is my understanding that >> buying >> Windows will keep the Gates family from living a life of poverty. >> In other >> words I use a Windows machine as it is just a computer and so what :) >> >> The college here teaches Final Cut to the Visual Comunications >> Program , the >> cable company used to use Premiere when my friend worked there and >> the local >> production house uses Premiere. Think the local TV station uses >> whatever >> program can give them the most ugly transitions to cover up the >> lack of >> writing on local commericals :) >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
