Avid Offers Media Composer As Software Only

[Jerry Jones]

Link to Government Video magazine article: http://tinyurl.com/2vo7uz

Avid Technology's Media Composer 2.5 is the new, software-only configuration of the Media Composer product family. It's the first time Avid has made the software available separate from its Adrenaline hardware.

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[Dr Mordrid]

Adobe can't be happy about this

[Jerry Jones]

As is the usual case with Avid, the system requirements are pretty steep:

Your PC needs at least dual 3.4 GHz Intel Xeon processors, Windows XP Professional, and a minimum of 2 GB RAM (3 GB is recommended). In Apple land, you'll want a Power Mac G5 with quad 2.5 GHz processors (or at least dual 2.0 GHz processors) and Mac OSX 10.4.6 or 10.4.7. If a laptop is used, a PowerBook G4 1.67 GHz fits the bill, with the same memory requirements as a PC.

No, it's not good news for any of Avid's competitors on the PC platform.

And, on the Mac platform, some individuals might take a look at this alternative before buying Final Cut Studio.

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net