[MacDV] Re: New G5's and Tiger/FCP

[Neil Poese]

Right - what sb says! Stick with Panther and make sure to get your free 
upgrades in time - particularly if you're going to the other side of the 
planet.

To really play it safe, send me your G5 dual and I'll test it for a year 
or so to make sure it's stable.....

NP


sb wrote:

>Check their website to see what their price protection policy is. It might
>be 30 days, it might be less.
>
>You can purchase the FCP 4.5HD version right before or after the
>announcement, which entitles you to a free upgrade to the new version. You
>don't have to install the new version, you can wait and see what the
>bleeding edge people find out.
>
>Same for Tiger. If you purchase the system immediately before or after they
>announce it, you are entitled to a free upgrade when it ships.
>
> regards,
>
> sb 
>
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>On 4/3/05 5:49 PM, "Colt Freeman" <cfreeman at liberty.edu> wrote:
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>>Hey,
>>Awesome, thanks for all the info. So is the consensus to wait a bit for the
>>OS to see if its stable enough for FCP? But if a new FCP is being released
>>as well how will that factor in? My only problem is that I will need it by
>>May 10th, since I'm starting a project then. I leave May 22nd for Indonesia
>>to start filming a documentary about the relief workers there. Any advice
>>would be appreciated. I would be purchasing a dual 2Ghz (best price to power
>>ratio I think) and the academic FCP/DVDstudio/Motion package, I also have
>>2gb of ram on the way.
>>Thanks,
>>-Colt
>>
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