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From: Bob CP 
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Subject: Re: Pinnacle Studio and WinDV freeze up after long idle period, can't
 even end with Task Manager
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:16:18 -0500
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On 2/8/2011 4:47 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:33:22 GMT, GMAN wrote:
>
>> No, the slowdown sounds more like the "Intel Speedstep technology" kicking
in
>>
>> http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/cs-028855.htm
>>
>>
>> The crashing is due to the fact that Pinnacle 9 and just about every other
>> version of Pinnacle has been buggy as hell.
>>
>> They are already at 14 with 15 comeing shortly.
>
> I agree, in a sense: I gave up on Pinnacle somewhere around version 8,
> so I can't report from any direct experience with later versions - and I
> like it that way :-)
>

For me, Pinnacle became more-or-less usable around V9.5.  It seems like 
there is no Beta testing except by people who actually buy the product, 
so it takes about 9 months for them to get something stable...  I'm 
using Sony Vegas now, with about 1% of the crashes.
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