I have media center on my PC and purchased AVID in December. I put off purchasing XP Pro hoping that AVID would go Vista right away. Would you advise against spending the 309.00 for the full version with SP2 and wait a little longer till Avid makes some sort of announcement about Vista compatability? Or do you suggest just getting XP Pro and take the loss if they make a formal announcement, with my luck, tommorow?  

I say get XP, install it, start editing, you can always upgrade later on, given my pervious experience with Avid and updates, it could be easily 6 months or more before it's compatible and even so, there are going to be bugs that need to be worked out even once it does become compatible.  Also since most people are using XP you will be able to get more help from this forum if your using what their using.

just my 2 cents

the last thing i would do is get vista...even if the os was cool, the graphics card drivers may not work, etc.  you'll commit suicide in a week guaranteed. =)

but don't go spending $300 on XP Pro.  just get a copy off ebay.  in fact, my brother even has a copy (not oem) of XP Pro that i know he's never used.  it came directly from microsoft - if you want, email me and i'll send you his email address.  i'm sure he'd sell it for a good price. 

kyler@theatereleven.com

 

$300 dollars??? is that in a golden CD case? That is too much... should be 150 max at Microsofts.. (well in € that is )

Menno

Do you have problems running it on Media Center Edition?

If not I suggest you stick with it. If it aint broke, don't fix it.

(BTW I have MCE on my machine and it works just fine)

And running across a six-lane highway at peak hour may work for you too.  Every time until the last.

Avid mandates XP Pro.  Not Home, not MCE, but Pro.  Yes, both can be made to work, but if you really want to have a stable reliable system get XP Pro SP2.  There are deals out there that can save you money.

And I'll bet this won't be the only "does Avid support Vista yet?" posting in the next few weeks, either.  Wait till the bugs are out, the drivers are stable, and Avid announces its supported version of Vista and accompanying hardware.

I imagine moving Avid to Vista will require some fairly large underlying tech changes (given a lot of the tech Avid relies on works quite differently under Vista), so I can't see a Vista'd Avid coming any time soon. Perhaps Xpress Pro 6 but I doubt it.

I'm hoping they do move at some point tho and take advantage of WinFX & XAML to make the interface more solid.

The Rules Of Avid.

1. Dont purchase anything that ain't supported.
2. Only purchase items that are supported.
3. If in doubt refer to rule 1
   

jwrl:

...  Wait till the bugs are out, the drivers are stable...

I hope you have a really really long book to read.

The Avid Bible

tainoboriblanco:

hoping that AVID would go Vista right away.

hahahahahahahahahbwahahahahahahbwahhahahaaa

stop it you're killing me... bwahahahahhaha

LOL... look how long it's taken Avid to go Universal Binary for IntelMacs.... oh wait they haven't even released it yet. When was that Apple press release?

Unless you're a world class deep sea free diver, don't hold your breath for a swiftly released Vista version.

me thinks there is gonna be a general Vista topic thread...

I would expect Vista and 64-bit support in Xpress Pro 6.5 or 7.0

ahhhh, this is too funny.

Can't wait for 128bit axp 9.5 (he he)