AVID has released Media Composer 7. And it is now $999.00 and the upgrade from 6.5 is $299 and the upgrade from Previous version is $399.
I would love to give it a run as I have 6.5, but can’t afford it right now. And honestly AVID never changes that much that most post houses that use it won’t be upgrading, so it isn’t as important to learn as say Premiere Pro that many people are now considering and most editors don’t have much experience with.