Posted by Mr. Tapeguy on 05/20/06 16:51

doc wrote:
> do a google. that's how we found it. i think the search was something like
> this, "avid software usage" or "avid reliability" or "avid industry users"
> my son did the search (he was dead set against avid - - wanted to switch to
> Premier Pro when we were dumping the deadbeat g5's) i'm with him all day
> tomorrow at a shoot and i'll try to remember where he found it. then when
> we went to NAB post in NYC and met Thelma Schaunmaker (sp) who edited "The
> Aviator" for Marty (as she put it), she confirmed what my son had found
> indicating that everyone she knew used avid.


That was the case for many years but is no longer the case. Last time
I checked the Mac had around 50% market share as a PLATFORM (which
could include Final Cut, Avid and Media 100 primarily) and PC's were
around 70% since many facilities use both. That was mid-to-late 2005.

Craig

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