red ant:

please qualify as many machine models as possible.

 

It's a matter of resources. Look at FCP, they only have a few machines and one in house OS to qualify... and they still have issues.

Todd Sanderson:

Try it Eric!  I've routinely got Avid, AE, PS, Soundbooth, Encore, Bitvice, Cleaner, Transmit, Firefox, Preview, Word, Text Edit and QuickTime open and operating behind the scenes all at once.  It's a beautiful blend of productivity!

LOL, if my boss saw all them apps running at the same time then Id be booted out of the studio ;) we have other workstations for that :) The only we have running in the back is the BlackMagic app for video switching.

TCurren:

red ant:

please qualify as many machine models as possible.

It's a matter of resources. Look at FCP, they only have a few machines and one in house OS to qualify... and they still have issues.

I've seen FCP running on almost every Mac, including white imacs, but I don't care for it anyway.

What I'm talking about anyway is

a) Make sure that previous machines running MC3.5 can in fact upgrade to MC4

b) Offer enough of a choice, esp. w/ mobile computers where you're stuck w/ the hardware.

c) Please test out some Lenovos!  I'd love to switch back to PC if I could edit on a Thinkpad

Now, I know that not all machines can be tested, I know that qualifying machines take but frequent and timely updates help the customer, and I would infer is good to keep a healthy market share.

red ant:

Please test out some Lenovos!  I'd love to switch back to PC if I could edit on a Thinkpad

 

Not quite, but:

 

Windows Laptops:  

HP 8730 Windows Vista 64 ONLY  

 

HP 8530 Windows Vista 64 ONLY  

 

Dell 6400 Windows Vista 64 ONLY  

 

HP 8510W with big docking station  NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M  Windows XP 32, Vista 32 

 

HP 8710W Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7700 2.40 GHz with big docking station 

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600m (256 MB) Windows XP 32, Vista 32 

 

Dell 6300 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7700 2.4 GHz 

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600m  Windows XP 32, Vista 32 

 

HP nw9440 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo 

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M Windows XP 32 Only 

ok, thanks.

a small correction-- in my post above i meant to say white macbooks, not imacs.

red ant:

I've seen FCP running on almost every Mac, including white imacs, but I don't care for it anyway.

Same goes for Avid. Have been running that on a black unsupported MacBook.

 

red ant:

a) Make sure that previous machines running MC3.5 can in fact upgrade to MC4

Usually that is the case, except some older models at some time will fall of the chart. My Powerbook G4 came along for a long time, but eventually was no longer supported. Makes sense to me.

red ant:

b) Offer enough of a choice, esp. w/ mobile computers where you're stuck w/ the hardware.

I think there's quite a bit of choice. And as far as I can tell, as long as the laptop meets the basic system requirements, it will run MC just fine, supported or not.

Macintosh Laptops: Supported OS: 

MacBook Pro 15”/17" 2.53/2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Mac OS 10.5.7 

MacBook Pro 15”/17" 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 6MB L2 cache 

Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT Mac OS 10.5.7 

MacBook Pro 15” 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 3MB L2 cache  

Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT Mac OS 10.5.7 

MacBook Pro 17" 2.4GHz, GeForce 8600M GT Mac OS 10.5.7 

MacBook Pro 15" 2.4GHz, GeForce 8600 GT Mac OS 10.5.7 

hmmm, based on this, 10.5.8 might still be a ways away.