This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: MC 6 plug in compatibility?

> That's a lot of ifs.

I have one more "if" to add to your list.

"If" you've been running MC on Windows7/64-bit for the past couple of years (as I have) -- none of that applies.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Dennis Degan <DennyD1@...> wrote:
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>
> Previously, David wrote:
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> > So yeah the MC 5 to MC 5.5 peep right now gets a little better deal
> but chances are that person will need to invest in some hardware too
> in order to be compatible with 6.0 so it will most likely cost them
> more.
>
> Also, it was written by Greg Huson:
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> > A mac or PC that operates in 64 bit.
>
> On Nov 4, 2011, at 5:48 PM, blafarm wrote:
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> > Why would a 64bit machine be any more of an expense for a MC5 owner
> -- than a MC5.5 owner? If you are still running in a 32bit environment
> -- your hardware costs will be exactly the same.
> > Using this rationale to attempt to offset the pricing frustration
> of MC5.5 owners makes no sense at all.
> > It's simply illogical.
>
> I say:
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> MC v5.0.x cannot use ANY 3rd party hardware; it can only use Avid
> hardware (or none at all). Partly, what I think David referred to was
> the desire to add 3rd party hardware to a 6.0 system by some users.
> However, that assumption is not a foregone conclusion. A 6.0 system
> could still operate as software only.
> He also is referring to the most rigid MC v6.0 limitation: The need
> to run Lion and 64-bit. If the platform can't run 64-bit & Lion, MC
> 6.0 is a no go. But this STILL assumes that the user doesn't have a
> computer capable of running 64-bit Lion. Many can run it; even
> computers from a few years ago (I think mine can and it's 5 years old,
> but I haven't tried installing Lion yet). So IF you don't have a 64-
> bit & Lion-capable computer, you'll have to spend more to make use of
> MC 6.0. That's a lot of ifs.
>
> Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
> NBC Today Show, New York
>