Posted by doc on 09/18/05 18:34

thanks for the input TonyP. i sure liked hearing that the machine i have
will more than likely be sufficient. i will eventually upgrade the memory
all the way to 4Gb but i was shocked to see you have an x800. hmmmm, they
told me the x700 was the last one out. just goes to show ya that the stores
will say whatever is necessary to get the product out the door :o)

the coleco story was one that i made a fortune off of since most of my
cleints wanted to experience just a tenth of their success. and like you
say, they made a big mistake with Adam and it was a total disaster, which i
later incorporated into the downside of over estimating ones capabilities
and to know your enemy as well as yourself because c64 did their homework
and made it simple (componentized) so that folks could spend what they wanna
spend and get what THEY wanted and not a package with a bunch of bells and
whistles they maybe don't need.

doc

"TonyP" <arpierre@hooptonline.net> wrote in message
news:vEgXe.29080$TA2.20976@fe09.lga...
> doc wrote:
>
>> guess their story gives credence to the addage, "your never too big to
>> fall"
>
> So true.
>
>> COLECO is a similiar story. i used to do market development consultation
>> and business development consultation and i used the history of COLECO to
>> illustrate how sometimes a FRESH look and FORWARD vision can give BREATH
>> to a sick business, showing how some really rich folks in the leather
>> business sought a way to grow their wealth by branching their interest
>> into a growing market sector but how the net result would be disaster
>> when they failed to FEED the FU Monkey (a name i gave to the Follow Up
>> Monkey) and he died. geat illustration and often drove home how not to
>> loose your business.
>
> I had the Coleco gaming machine. At the time, very advanced. Then, they
> tried their hand at making it into a computer, the Adam. Glad I didn't go
> that route and bought a C64 instead.
>
>> on the liquid edition 6 pro, i'm trying out the software right now, order
>> mind meld to figure out how to do things, and hope to get the founder to
>> pop for the software cause i like the layout and what appears to be ease
>> of use. moreover, i desperately need the 3 camera multicam feature and
>> hoping that the workflow will not be toooooooo task challenging for the
>> following configuration:
>>
>> - processor: pentium d (dual core) 3 ghz with 1 mb cache each core 800
>> front side bus
>> - ram: 2 gb 4200 ddr2 533hz
>> - video: ati x700 pcix w/256 mb ram
>> - sound: audigy 4 pcix 7.1 dolby
>> - drives: 250 & 300 gb 8 mb cache SATA 7.2K, 160 gb 8 mb cache
>> 1394/IDE external 7.2K
>>
>> your comments on this will be appreciated. in addition, have you or do
>> you use avid software as a matter of interest? if so, your input would
>> be appreciated.
>
> The MindMeld training DVD is great. Paul has a way of bringing a lot of
> information (and he is active in the Pinnacle forums) in a relaxed manner.
> There are other DVD's out there that will bring other features more to the
> forefront, but I love Paul's delivery. And the way he shows how to do the
> DVD menu's is great. I also own Dive Into LE and Adita's Mastering LE. All
> bring something different to the table.
> And then, there are the websites that have lots of tricks and tips along
> with Pinnacle's own online tutorials.
>
> Your computer seems to be more than up to the task of running Liquid. My
> computer is an Athlon64 3200 with 1.5gigs ram and Radeon X800XT video
> card. I am using SATA drivers (not that they made a difference in capture
> for DV) and right now, the built in sound on the Neo Platinum nForce
> motherboard. It works just fine. I have a M-Audio 410 sitting on the side
> and have yet to install it. Liquid, as I have said, has been very stable
> for me. Just as stable as Premiere has been.
>

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