Thanks *very* much, Jeff.
When you refer to the new towers are your referring to the "Nehalem"
series and/or the new six-core "Westmere" series? This "new" computer
is a Dual Quad-Core Xeon 2.26 "Nehalem" Tower, circa Q4 2009, acquired
as as an FCP system (specs at the end of this reply).
I have my "tech" scheduled to come by next week to help install &
configure the second hard drive for the Avid environment. If I can
confirm beforehand that my Nehalem tower won't support OSX 10.5.7/QT 7.6
I'll waive-off the visit until I can upgrade from 3.5.9 to 5.0, assuming
*that's* even a possibility. MC 5.5 is the new kid on the block . . .
and on the shelves.
I prefer to edit on Avid whenever possible, and have made due with the
features on 3.5.9 for quite a while. I have no support contract with
Avid at this time, so I'm very much going-it on my own (along with the
kind help of you & the Listers, and other colleagues and advisers). I
compared the Tower's systems specs against both MC 5.0 & 5.5. The
processors appear to be just a bit too slow for 5.5, yet would work with
5.0.
Any additional confirmation I can get prior to the planned upgrade will
be most helpful. I'll keep digging on my won as well.
Thanks again!
Jesse Ettinger
* 2 x 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Xeon
* 8 Gb (2 x 4 Gb) 1067 MHz ECC DDR3 RAM
* 640 Gb INT 7200 RPM SATA HDD
* (already loaded with OSX 10.6.6/QTx/FC Studio 3
* 2 x nVidia GeForce GT-120 Display Adapters
* driving 2 x 24" Apple Cinema Displays and a Panasonic BT-LH 2550 QC
Monitor (used as a third computer monitor from time to time)
* eSATA-to-PCIe card
* driving an 8TB IcyDock RAIDed SATA enclosure.
* AJA Kona3 + BOB
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Hedberg <jeff@...> wrote:
>
> Hey Jesse,
>
> The trouble with going outside of the 'compatibility' list - is that
often things seem to work just fine - until you notice that something
'weird' is happening... like you can't export a certain video codec or
edls won't write out... you just never know.
>
> If you need to make the move, and you can't do the upgrade... you're
stuck between a rock and a hard place.
> Go for it - and if it doesn't work... well... then it doesn't work.
>
> If you have a support contract with Avid, and you call with a question
and your hardware/software isn't in spec with that list... they won't
even listen to your problem... you'll get the 'reinstall your OS, and
see if you still have the same problem'. So, if you need Avid to support
you - DON'T go outside of those specs. If you are supporting yourself...
try it out... see what happens! :)
>
> Another wrinkle... make sure your mac can run the older OS... The new
towers won't even boot up with a 10.5 OS. (I know that part from
experience)
>
> Jeff
>
> On Mar 3, 2011, at 10:04 PM, Jesstator wrote:
>
> > Owen,
> >
> > Upgrading the system is NOT an option at this time. The dongle and
> > software will remain at 3.5.9. May you please offer advice on
running
> > this configuration in an environment higher than the Compatibility
> > matrix lists?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Jesse
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, op owen@ wrote:
> > >
> > > i think u can upgrade to mc 5 and still return to the old system.
u
> > have to update the dongle for the newer version but it is backwards
> > compatible.
> > > owen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mar 2, 2011, at 9:36 PM, Jesstator wrote:
> > >
> > > > Greetings, Listers.
> > > >
> > > > I'm preparing to port my current MC Soft v3.5.9 install from
it's
> > > > Windows XP-SP3 host to a Mac host. I'll be installing to a
second
> > hard
> > > > drive, as the new system already has FCP/AJA Kona3 running. I
will
> > > > actually keep the XP system running, and port the dongle back &
> > forth
> > > > should "legacy" I/O be required via my 1st-generation MOJO (I
know,
> > my
> > > > system is old).
> > > >
> > > > I checked the MAC Avid Media Composer Version Matrix at:
> > > > http://avid. custkb.com/ avid/app/ selfservice/ search.jsp?
> > > > DocId=267087.
> > > >
> >
<http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=267087.>
> > > >
> > > > The closest entry to my version is v3.5.4, which is linked to
OSX
> > 10.5.5
> > > > & 10.5.6 with QT 7.5.5) and 10.5.7 with QT 7.6.
> > > >
> > > > Since the next higher entry is v4.0.2, I gather from this
> > information I
> > > > must set-up my secondary hard drive to run no higher than OSX
10.5.7
> > &
> > > > QT 7.6. Is this correct, or may a successful attemt be made to
> > v3.5.9
> > > > run under 10.6.6/QT X? Does anyone out there have experience
with
> > > > running Media Composer v3.5.9 in environments higher than OSX
10.5.7
> > &
> > > > QT 7.6?
> > > >
> > > > I plan to set-up the Avid hard drive environment within the next
> > week or
> > > > so, and would like to take advantage of Snow Leopard & QT X, if
> > > > possible.
> > > >
> > > > As always, anyone/everyone' s constructive feedback is greatly
> > > > appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers!
> > > >
> > > > Jesse Ettinger
> > > > http://www.ettingerproductions.com
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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