true, which apple has already addressed some of those missing features. i think some things, like saving to tape, isn't coming to FCPX
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Why the video pros are moving away from Apple
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true, which apple has already addressed some of those missing features. i think some things, like saving to tape, isn't coming to FCPX
Isn't it a bit odd that you come into any Mac Pro thread and try to antagonize loyal professional Apple users buy telling them how irrelevant they are and that market is changing? Strange indeed coming from the ultimate Apple supporter.
For enterprise applications support is the major motivator for upgrading. Typically vendors only provide support for 2 maybe 3 iterations of a product. So if you don't upgrade an application and skip a version. You'll lose support when the next upgrade rolls around.
I'm heavily involved in upgrading enterprise applications at my company. Its a painful process but vendors have us, because we need their support.
So while its a lot more steady, its not stagnant, there is almost always an upgrade going on in my shop - just not the same application. My last upgrade (peoplesoft) took a year to complete, so we try to do this once every three years.
They're no more special than any other Apple customer.
These who are fearful of the debate need not participate.
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No- but that's not what you're saying. You're saying pro users are less special than other Apple customers.
Yes but you consistently charge in with an "adapt or you aren't important" rant about a segment you've proven yourself you know nothing about. Prosumer gear (which you've predicted to be the future of the pro industry) doesn't cut it. Apple are making a mistake here by abandoning its most loyal market.
Exactly- It's never in any company's interest to abandon an extremely loyal market.
Priorities, priorities. At some point in the tech business, someone is going to be on the losing end of a costs vs. benefits analysis. It's going to happen.
Apple is going to grow for the next decade, and that's why I like to regurgitate pundit speculation that they will abandon an entire market segment.
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Oh, it's just speculation? So it's not actually happening and has no basis in reality.
Well that's a relief! False alarm, then. Continue enjoying your copy of FCPX, everyone.
In a couple years, it should be a fully functioning product. That isn't the same as a .1 version of something that's basically rewritten from the ground up.
They get worse every time, and yeah cutting off licensing is terrible when the
new product can't actually pick up a job where the old one left off. That's a big problem. They were lacking both a seamless transition and the ability to acquire additional licenses to complete work as necessary.
That is trolling by definition
.Until Apple announces the discontinuation of their pro market products then, yes, it's just speculation.
It's one thing to read the writing on the wall and say that Apple's focus is on consumer products, but it's another thing entirely to think you know anything about the internal costs or benefits of maintaining the pro market--which, by the way, you don't.
Which really has no logic since he is supposedly an Apple aficionado. Why would you badger people who liked the same products that you do? I would think a true loyalist would be supportive to the pro users.
For as long as I can recall, there were those that made amazing pieces with low-end, "unprofessional" equipment, and those that made unwatchable garbage with top-of-the-line gear. I think Apple is opening a door to get more people making more things to watch, and that will result in a larger amount of the same ratio of material to look at.
The success or failure of FCP X isn't known, but I do know that ever since it was released, people stopped questioning my use of Adobe's tools, and assuming I used Final Cut or AVID.
The success or failure of FCP X isn't known, but I do know that ever since it was released, people stopped questioning my use of Adobe's tools, and assuming I used Final Cut or AVID.
I installed FCP X trial earlier today, and when I noticed I had to use a menu called "Share [insert flowers, patchouli, hippy music]" I had to uninstall it.
Looks like I am going to have to shell out the cash for CS5.5, oh well.
Looks like I am going to have to shell out the cash for CS5.5, oh well.
I did too. But since I needed a new laptop, too, it actually pulled me from the Apple ecosystem, too.
My friend still has his MBP, iPad and iPhone, but he is building a Windows machine to run CS 5.5 for his video work. He was a die hard Apple man and it really bugged him to have to make the choice. You never know in cases like yours and his, the possibility is there to turn to other sources instead of Apple. It's always disappointing to be abandoned by a company you like and make your living with. And I must say that the Mac Pro guys on this forum don't get caught up in the usual bs that goes on here. They like Apple products but don't worship the company. The Mac Pro is a tool that they enjoy using in their work. Kudos to all of you. I learn a lot by lurking in the various threads.
Yes, but given that companies need to spend wisely in this day and age. If they believe apple is abandoning their sector do you not think they'll play it safe and make sure they go to a platform that will be there for them in the foreseeable future.
Saying its only speculation is great here on the internet but when it comes to people's jobs, companies ability to produce products, its a whole different ball of wax.
The problem really is that it is speculation. Enterprises or SMBs need clear roadmaps. They do not just hop from technology to technology, they invest heavily in software and hardware to get productivity up, which means planning and training in most cases.
Apple is too entrenched in secrecy.
Exactly, that's my point. Companies cannot plan to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a platform that may (or may not) run the risk of being killed off.