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Will the new MacBook Pro — Retina run Avid Media Composer 6.0?

I've got no experience with Avid but I'm going to be a film production major in the fall and my college is forcing me to switch from FCP to Avid. I've found that Avid is a bit iffy on Macs so, with the new Retina MacBook Pro, I'm gitty but nervous.

 

I've saved up enough so that I can max out the new MBP. Because of this, it appears that it exceeds all of Avid's existing hardware requirements but I want to be positive before I shell out the cash in this upgrade. I'll be ordering it with this hardware setup...

  • 2.7GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.7GHz
  • 16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
  • 768GB Flash Storage

I assume Avid will run but is anyone sure?

 

Thanks so much for your help!

 

EDIT: Just for reference... System Requirements for Avid Media Composer 6.0.

 

Mac OS X

  • Computer: Avid-qualified Mac-based computer
  • OS: Mac OS X Lion (64-bit) (Still need 32-bit? Learn more about Media Composer 5.5)
  • Processor: Intel Dual or Intel Dual Core 2.66 GHz Xeon processor or faster, or Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz
  • processor or faster (laptops)
  • Memory: 4 GB of RAM (6+ GB recommended)
  • Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce family3 (recommended) or ATI Radeon family (as supported by Apple)
  • Internal hard drive: Minimum 80 GB 7200 rpm hard disk

-Avid's Website

Posted Jun 24, 2012, 1:33 AM UTC · edited

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