As an enterprise site, I can tell you that we are only now starting to
deploy Windows 7 on our corporate desktops (and editing systems). MC
5.5 works on Windows 7 now and I expect MC 6 will, also.
As far as I'm concerned, Avid can take all the time they need to
re-code for Windows 8. Why does it have to be ready on day one?
Furthermore, Microsoft has always made efforts to maintain backward
compatibility for applications. You could run DOS apps perfectly well
in Windows 3.1. I don't imagine that will change too drastically.
On 10/2/11, blafarm <blafarm@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Agreed on all points.
>
> However, Avid is known for "announcing" at NAB -- and "delivering" in June.
> If W8 drops in late 2011 or very early 2012 -- how far away from that
> timeline are we?
>
> Furthermore, were I responsible for the Windows dev of MC v.6 -- I'd have to
> think good and hard about developing for W7 -- knowing full-well that
> thousands (or tens of thousands) of hours of labor would be staring me in
> the face just 6-12 months later -- in order to transition to W8.
>
> No matter how you cut it -- that's a tough position to be in.
>
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Dom Q. Silverio" <domqsilverio@...> wrote:
>>
>> Based on Avid's track record, you are probably not going to see W8
>> support for about 6 months after the official retail release.
>>
>> I am just hoping that MC 6 is much better threaded, 64 bit and a lot of
>> performance tweaks (AMA, waveform redraw, continuous play mode, etc.).
>> Windows 7 has been MS best OS to date IMHO.
>> And not really excited to have GUI similar to their mobile OS :/
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/2/2011 1:39 AM, blafarm wrote:
>> > I was just reading some articles about the projected release date for
>> > Windows 8 -- and how it represents a sea-change "under-the-hood"
>> > departure from previous Windows architectures (and supposedly for the
>> > better).
>> >
>> > And I wondered, is MC v.6 for Windows being written for W7 -- or W8?
>> >
>> > And, how could it even be written for W8? I mean, it's not been
>> > released -- nor has it been even qualified as being a stable OS platform
>> > for this application.
>> >
>> > And if it's being written for W7 -- how long will it take -- and how
>> > much effort will it take -- to port it, once again, for a radically
>> > different W8 environment?
>> >
>> > Mind you, I'm not advocating a mass conversion to an untested OS --
>> > especially one that represents a such a big departure from the past.
>> > But if W8's new architecture ends up leaving the previous OS versions in
>> > the dust -- how long might we be stuck on W7?
>> >
>> > Just thinking out loud.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> >
>> > Search the official Complete Avid-L archives at:
>> > http://archives.bengrosser.com/avid/
>> > Yahoo! Groups Links
>> >
>> >
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