[MacDV] Value of Mac 9600 + Avid Media Composer

[Richard Brown]

Hard to say. The best option would likely be to sell the Media Composer 
and the Mac, which would likely net you enough cash for a G4 and Final 
Cut Pro. The Media Composer (Avid) software is a very high priced item, 
and even an older copy would be welcomed by certain Avid aficionados. 
Most Avid admirers are both steadfast AND clueless as to how fast their 
nonlinear platform is falling by the wayside.

Upgrading Media Composer is far simpler on the PC, where it makes its 
modern home. On the Mac, the Media Composer line is a bit rusty, but 
still upgradeable through the diehard Avid community. The problem is, a 
basic Avid upgrade would cost more than a new G4 plus Final Cut plus 
storage. This is to say Avid remains proprietary, and if you want FCP 
power, you need to pay at LEAST tens of thousands of dollars more than 
an FCP equivalent.

Richard Brown


On Friday, June 13, 2003, at 04:45 PM, Mike Swope wrote:

> We have a PowerMac 9600 that, until recently, was used to edit all our 
> video. We have a RAID and a copy of Avid Media Composer also. Does 
> this suite have any value together? Does Media Composer have any value 
> to create an upgrade path?
>
> Thanks!