New Hardware Exchange / Upgrade Prices?

[Eric Seaberg]

One other thing, and we're still awaiting confirmation from our dealer in San Francisco, but the Avid page I saw said the DEADLINE for this upgrade path was March 18.

We were badly bitten by not making the PCIx to PCIe crossgrade, as dealers were not informed of it until AFTER the decision, so we're jumping on this one. For the majority of work we do on our 4-HD1 systems, going native on a fast MacPro will be absolutely fine.

Our HD4 system is another story, although it is PCIe.

[HD2]

I would speculate that the writing is on the wall for the current line of "Native" cards. With the introduction of light peak/Thunderbolt these native cards will become obsolete very quickly. So unless you get a great deal, I think it would be a waste of time upgrading.

[Benoni]

From the prices I've seen, you can get more from your 003 by selling it out right, then buy native at full price and its still cheaper.

[Eric Seaberg]

Originally Posted by HD2

So unless you get a great deal, I think it would be a waste of time upgrading.

We've priced Dual Quad Mac Pros to replace our 7-year old G5s with PCIx cards (single core card) and are getting a GREAT price to trade in our core cards for native. For what we're doing, it's a major savings for four systems... almost $8000, in fact. I don't think 'Thunderbolt' is going to be a big deal for us.

[Barry Johns]

Best deal, buy a mix core card for 225.00 use that to trade up.

[zedhed]

Originally Posted by Barry Johns

Best deal, buy a mix core card for 225.00 use that to trade up.

"For a limited time, trade in your Digi 001, 002 or 003 toward an Avid Pro Tools|HD Native card and HD I/O 8x8 interface and save!"

Qualifying products:

• Digi 001
• Digi 002 Rack
• Digi 002
• 003 Rack
• 003 Rack Factory
• 003 Rack + Factory

This is copied and pasted from the Vintageking Audio Site

[nst7]

zedhead, old legacy core cards also qualify.

[Barry Johns]

Originally Posted by zedhed

"For a limited time, trade in your Digi 001, 002 or 003 toward an Avid Pro Tools|HD Native card and HD I/O 8x8 interface and save!"

Qualifying products:

• Digi 001
• Digi 002 Rack
• Digi 002
• 003 Rack
• 003 Rack Factory
• 003 Rack + Factory

This is copied and pasted from the Vintageking Audio Site

1595.00, and you can negotiate even lower prices than that from dealers....

Read the whole hardware exchange document, the link is above.....

From Vintage King:

Looking to move up to a high-performance Avid Pro Tools|HD Native system? For a limited time, trade in your legacy TDM Pro Tools system (Pro Tools 3, Pro Tools|24, Pro Tools|24 Mix family) for a Pro Tools Native Core with Pro Tools 9 software - and save 54%!

The Legacy TDM to HD Native upgrade is available for users registered for the following qualifying products:
Pro Tools|24 MIX
Pro Tools|24 MIX plus
Pro Tools|24 MIX3
Pro Tools|24
Pro Tools 3 PCI
Original hardware MUST be returned to Avid within 30 days of Exchange. Give us a call @ 248.591.9276 for further details.

[Barry Johns]

Originally Posted by nst7

zedhead, old legacy core cards also qualify.

Legacy is a 54% discount

Digi Naitive like 003, 002, 001 etc is only a 16% discount.

This is why its much cheaper to buy a Mix Core Card and do the upgrade.

[bad jitter]

Originally Posted by Barry Johns

This is why its much cheaper to buy a Mix Core Card and do the upgrade.

Not anymore. Prices of Mix Core Cards just went up.