[quote user="switthaus"] it just seems like a silly issue when you are probably billing $100/ hour or higher for your Avid suite. [/quote] very long and throaty LOL

[quote user="Moses.M"] I wanted to stop but Avid today gives us one more reason to continue: the german webshop got the price for the update:[quote] Avid Media Composer software v2.7 and above to Avid Media Composer software v3.5 (Download) 322,00 € Platform: M [/quote] do you remember? the US shop just wanted $ 295! the same product

[quote user="BLKDOG"] Moses, if your reseller promised a featue would be supported in any version of the software, would you let me know who that was? We can talk to them and, if it turns out you've been sold a bill of goods, I'm sure I could make a case to give you some help with the upgrade. Hopefully they told you it would be coming

[quote user="Moses.M"] [quote user="Scott Carnegie"]You are not forced to upgrade your systems if you don't want to.[/quote] when we bought 2.7 we got the promise from our reseller, that FULL XDCAM HD 422 will be available soon. then we upgraded to 3.0 with the same promise. now it seems to be real. if I want full support I HAVE

Thansk Job for the link to the FAQs and Installation guide. It answered a couple of my questions. [quote user="RodneyinMunich"] - Will I need a software support contract to get access to the Avid hotline? [/quote] No accoprding to the FAQ. But while the FAQ says I need to call a US number for activation, the Installation guide refers me to

These seem to be the points for and against software activation: FOR 1. no worries about dongles being stolen or malfunctioning (the film school scenario) 2. no worries about where the dongle currently is (the forgetful editor scenario) 3. reduced width of notebook when editing (the tray table scenario) 4. de- and reactivation when moving between systems

Hear hear Andrew! Absolutely my point of view.

Blkdog, you write "you must launch MC with that configuration". Doesn't that mean if the configuration is different, MC can't be launched? What exactly does the software look for? Does it look for an activation key similar to sapphire's, where a file within the system says things are okay to run? Or does it compare an internal

thanks BLKDOG, but couldn't the "Only if it was on and the Ethernet port was off during initial licensing. IOW – if you initialized with wireless on and Ethernet off, you must launch MC with that configuration" lead to problems? Will the software tell me why it doesn't want to start? Or will it just tell me (or the frelancer

[quote user="switthaus"] if you have 5 laptops and several dongles, that means you own several MC seats. I don't see the difference in activating a seat versus tracking down the proper dongle for that particular MC seat. I expect AndrewActon's dongle hang on the wall like keys. [/quote] Dear Switthaus, you don't need to track down