Avid Application won't open on Mavericks

Hey all,
So frustrated. I have a 2013 21.5" iMac (8GB RAM) / the basic model. I' have Avid Media Composer 7.0.3 downloaded successfully at the moment, but nothing I do will allow me to open the application. I keep getting the standard message Avid uses for all their problems "Segmentation Fault" in thread "MainThread" at address 0x0."
It actually was working just fine 3 days ago. Avid Support is no help. I tried uninstalling the program and reinstalling it, but nothing changed. Then I uninstalled Maverick and started from scratch (I didn't use a time machine reload). Still there is no change, I keep getting the same error message. Has anyone else had this happen / have any suggestions?
Thanks.

Well, here are the specs for your iMac:
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP687
and here are the requirements for the software:
http://www.avid.com/US/products/media-composer/specifications
Not at all familiar with that software, but it appears it requires an i7 processor and you have an i5, as well as 16 GB for some functionalities and you have 8 GB. Your graphics card also may not support it.

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