New Mac Pro Qualified for Avid Video Systems

Avid have announced support for the new Mac Pros, based on the Intel Xeon ‘Nehalem’ processor. Only a few months since the New Mac was released, Avid have shown their agility and commitment to producing the best edit systems by quickly harnessing the extra power of the new machines. Along with this announcement, they’re also offering a raft of special offers on Avid video and audio solutions, including offering existing users an amazing promo deal: to trade-in older Meridian or Adrenaline hardware for a Nitris DX-based system - with a huge discount.

Two specific models, with different processor speeds, have been given the go ahead for Media Composer and Symphony. The qualified configurations are as follows;

Apple Mac Pro Configuration One
- Two 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
- 6GB of DDR3 ECC SDRAM (6x1GB)
- 640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512MB
- One 18x SuperDrive

Apple Mac Pro Configuration Two
- Two 2.93 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
- 6GB of DDR3 ECC SDRAM (6x1GB)
- 640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512MB
- One 18x SuperDrive

These qualified Mac Pros are in stock now at Jigsaw. Also, for a short period, Avid are very competitively promoting some of their most respected audio and video solutions - both software and hardware. The diverse range of offers includes re-joining Avid Suppport for free, trading-in MediaNetwork/LANshare for Avid Unity ISIS with a 23% discount, or trading-in Meridian- or Adrenaline-based edit systems for a Nitris DX with a 44% discount. There are loads more special offers here, all well worth a peek. But note that these offers are only available until 17th June of this year.

Needless to say, for more information on either the Avid/Mac configurations or one of the many promotions, just give your favourite Broadcast team a call on 03332 400 222.