This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Now: MC to Symphony upgrade

I've been running MC 5.5 on a 1st Generation Intel Mac, along with FCS that uses a KONLA LHe card, no dual boot, no issues. I've even had FCP and MC open at the same time. Looking forward to buying a new Mac for MC 6..it's time

On Nov 5, 2011, at 1:26 PM, Robert Ferguson wrote:

> I have to disagree. They have had zero issues except the Matrox. And telling people they have to reboot to burn a DVD or use After Effects is to me unwise. The days when editors just use MC are over in my world. Some of the assistants go back and forth constantly.
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> They do know not to upgrade anything. And it was thoroughly tested before use.
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> Robert
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> On Nov 5, 2011, at 12:14 PM, jeffsengpiehl wrote:
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>> For revenue producing systems, this is unwise.
>> Testbed, go nuts, but if it's your bread and butter, you are an idiot to run them on the same boot drive.
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>> JDS
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>> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Robert Ferguson <robertf@...> wrote:
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>>> I have clients running MC, FCS and Adobe CS of the same boot drive with no problems. MC is software only and FCP/CS use Kona LHe.
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>>> Other systems run MC with Nitris DX or Mojo DX and FCS/CS without IO with no problems.
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>>> I used to go for dual boot back when FCS was being updated regularly and often required a matching OS upgrade as well. Back then Avid was slower to qualify OS upgrades.
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>>> I have one system with a Matrox Mini that does not play nice going between MC and After Effects.
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>>> Robert
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>>> On Nov 5, 2011, at 7:54 AM, Roger Shufflebottom wrote:
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>>>> Living dangerously here: Media Composer 5.5, FCP 7, FCP x and Premiere Pro CS5 on the same drive. I switch happily (well, sometimes more happily than other times) between them.
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>>>> On 5 Nov 2011, at 05:18, Greg Huson wrote:
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>>>>> Screw Terry and his secure dual-booting. Live life on the edge! Wanna spend the weekend in a panic like me? Put it all on the same drive! What are you going to do when it all goes up in flames? Call Terry! That's what I do. Hmm. I wonder why he never calls me back anymore.
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>>>> With best wishes,
>>>> Roger Shufflebottom
>>>> rogershuff@...
>>>> +44 7973 543 660
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