This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Making the 32-64bit Leap

P.S. I'm on 8GB. I didn't see the point in more RAM as the Avid can't use more than four. That leaves four for Win 7. I hardly use other apps.

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On 28 jan. 2011, at 18:46, Christopher Pitbladdo <avid@digitalbuddy.co.uk> wrote:

> Thanks gang! It's much appreciated!
>
> Enjoy the rest of your Friday.
> CP
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> *Christopher Pitbladdo
> Creative Director
>
> DB Creative*
> 496 Ferry Road
> Edinburgh
> EH5 2DL
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> Tel: 0131 552 5530
> Mob: 07590 570 683
> Email: christopher@dbcreative.tv <mailto:christopher@dbcreative.tv>
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> Award-Winning Avid SD/HD Symphony Editing in Edinburgh
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> On 28/01/2011 17:33, Steve Pomerantz wrote:
>>
>> We made the same jump about 2 months ago. Running Symphony 5.0.3 on
>> Vista 64 with 12 gigs of RAM. I won't say that it's "crash free", but
>> it's light years ahead of where we were on XP Pro. The shows I'm
>> onlining now wouldn't have even opened on the old box.
>>
>> Steve Pomerantz
>> Senior Editor
>> Digital Ranch Productions
>> Sherman Oaks, CA
>>
>> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>,
>> "Terence Curren" <tcurren@...> wrote:
>>>
>>> Running Symphony on Vista 64 and Windows 7 here also.
>>>
>>> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>,
>> Christopher Pitbladdo <avid@> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Afternoon everyone,
>>>>
>>>> So, I upgraded to V5 Symphony a few months back, at the start of a
>> new
>>>> project. In the early stages of the edit, I was making simple
>> cuts, and
>>>> V5 Symphony was looking swell. Then, as I started getting more
>> involved
>>>> with the application, doing more intricate things, my HPXW8600
>> running
>>>> Vista Business 32bit started crashing an awful lot... Whenever I was
>>>> doing anything complex, or zipping around the timeline.
>>>>
>>>> I wondered if everyone else was experiencing this, and kinda
>> dismissed
>>>> it as the price you pay for being at the cutting edge of the
>> industry.
>>>> That, and just being so damn busy, trying to work with the footage
>> with
>>>> my director led me not to question the crashing.
>>>>
>>>> Today though, with a bit of time on my hands, I decided to look a
>> little
>>>> closer at the situation... It was getting silly, with me saving my
>> work
>>>> after virtually every single edit.
>>>>
>>>> So I started searching the Internet to see if others were
>> experiencing
>>>> my 'Std: bad allocation', 'Fatal Error' and 'Core Unable To Do'
>> errors,
>>>> that would let me save my work, but then have to restart the
>>>> application... nine or ten times a day.
>>>>
>>>> Imagine my surprise when I learned that Symphony V5 isn't
>> qualified on a
>>>> 32bit Vista!
>>>>
>>>> So, before I take the plunge and install Windows 7 Professional, I'd
>>>> just like to ask anyone with a similar setup, are you crash-free? Is
>>>> everyone else going through this too? Will Windows 7 Pro eliminate
>> all
>>>> my woes?
>>>>
>>>> Job? Think you've got a similar setup, don't you?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks everyone,
>>>> CP
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> *Christopher Pitbladdo
>>>> Creative Director
>>>>
>>>> DB Creative*
>>>> 496 Ferry Road
>>>> Edinburgh
>>>> EH5 2DL
>>>>
>>>> Tel: 0131 552 5530
>>>> Mob: 07590 570 683
>>>> Email: christopher@ <mailto:christopher@>
>>>> Web: www.dbcreative.tv <http://www.dbcreative.tv>
>>>>
>>>> Award-Winning Avid SD/HD Symphony Editing in Edinburgh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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