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This is good and bad.

Good because Apple is realizing the crap FCPX is.

Bad because we still having the old version of FCP studio with out any update.

Apple better do something with the studio and leave the karma FCPX became for... I do not know who.
 
Indeed, perhaps this is the very 1st sign of a certain persons stubbornness being changed into a very refreshing new era of actually listening to customers as opposed to telling them what they should do.

Hope to see more like this. Good times ahead I hope :)

I would love to see an Apple that listens to customer's request. I know they built so much by providing us with innovation we didn't even ask for - but there has to be a give and take.
 
Great, now put a team on working on THAT instead of attempting to reinvent the entire industry.

Apple doesn't care about pro users anymore.
 
Great, can I get Final Cut 8 now? With multicore support, searchable browser, and some of the few usable features of Final Cut "Pro" X?

No.

Final Cut Pro 7 is still stuck in the legacy APIs that can't do any of that. The only way out is a full re-write, which is what FCPX is.
 
Interesting how this is Apple's biggest problem these days.

A video editing app. When rivals can barely get an entire computing platform off the ground, and have their entire business destroyed/and or substantially downgraded because of it.

We're truly spoiled.
 
It would be nice to see one of these regular updates. Even if they just address the crashing and stability issues that would be nice. Multi-Cam really needs to come soon.
 
Deja vu

It's iLife '08 all over again. Hopefully all the features will be restored, and the annoying slow/crash/beach ball issue will be resolved. I really like FCP X, and never needed multicam, but the lack of backwards compatibility and the lagging/crashing are very irritating. Other than that awesome program. This was advertised as much faster, but will all the lag I'm getting it might as well be slower.
 
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I really dislike iMovie, since leaving the video field I've been forced to use iMovie; how restrictive and unintuitive-how about a rerelease of fcpExpress? And, although Iam not a software thief, I wish I had burned a copy of the one I sold with my MBP!

I would have though that anyone complaining about there not being a new Final Cut Express would just be happy with the new Final Cut X. It's the same price as Express used to be isn't it?

For people with 'prosumer' needs like myself I think Final Cut X is great. I have no idea what the needs of a true profesional are. . . obviously it seems FCX is not presently up to scratch.
 
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FCPX not for professional TEAMS

The uselessness of FCPX had little to do with a tapeless workflow. It had more to do with it being designed for the one man show (a guy who shoots, edits, mixes audio, composits and does graphics all by himself). When you have teams of people working on projects, FCPX is useless. So you can be a ONE MAN SHOW professional but the typical Professional Production HOUSE can't use it. The flaw of FCPX has made the Professional Production HOUSE look seriously away from FCP regardless.
 
This is a good sign. While I have no faith to officially get a FCP8, at most I can hope is that they are realizing there are huge issues with FCPX
 
Good Decision

This is a good decision by Apple. This way, the professionals can still have availability to version 7 until FCPX matures, probably this time next year.

FCPX is an awesome product that merely needs some refinements. Aftermarket providers are already supporting the product and people have shown that the so-called drawbacks and shortcomings aren't nearly as drastic as the knee jerkers supposed in the beginning.

Like I said in the beginning, *don't panic*! This same thing happened with OS X, the original iPod, the iPhone, the iPad and now FCPX. They will refine the product until it becomes what the consumer wants.
 
Good. It's nice to see Apple caving... could this be Tim's first real decision? Good show...

Now that Steve Jobs isn't CEO, every time Apple makes a decision that appears to change the previous course, you always wonder if it's something that's different than what Steve would have done...

Actually, this decision was made a few weeks ago. Let's not forget that Apple was essentially under Cook's command when the FCPX tragicomedy began. I doubt it has little to do with the "peaceful transfer of Galactic Power" and more to do with the fact that Apple is trying to soften the blow to their reputation.
 
Figured as much.

I had a feeling that this kinda stuff may happen. I don't know if it's since Steve left, but I hope that we see more of it.

Like, let's say, a certain 1U server model being brought back from the dead.

Is Apple OSX 10.7 Server the same as 10.6 Server, or have features been dropped in the Lion version?

Anyway, "thinking different" would be not to resurrect a single entry-level 1U server - it would be to partner with a tier 1 vendor like HP and with VMware to support OSX virtualized under ESX on a select range of ProLiant servers.

Want a nice 1U, get a DL360. Want an 80 core, 2 TiB RAM model, get a DL980.
 
In other news...

Matte screens to be returning to all macs as the default option. You can switch to a glossy screen for free just like you could not so long ago. Oh and did I mention that's the same for the iMac?
 
For the record, does it have a version number? Is it called Final Cut Studio 2009, or something else?
 
Well this does not surprise me given the negative feedback of Final Cut X.

Things do not look good for pro users given that Logic is likely to get dropped and replaced by Garageband Pro next year, it seems Apple are getting to complacent and negating the pro users.

source?

This is a good move for apple. and some good points for tim cook. Final Cut X will get there eventually.
 
Interesting how this is Apple's biggest problem these days.

A video editing app. When rivals can barely get an entire computing platform off the ground, and have their entire business destroyed/and or substantially downgraded because of it.

We're truly spoiled.

Who are "we"? You seem to have some unnatural attachment to Apple.
 
My thoughts too

Good. It's nice to see Apple caving... could this be Tim's first real decision? Good show.

Final Cut X-press is just like QuickTime X-press... all the features that actually make it good were left on the cutting room floor, pun intended.

Bryan

I thought the same thing...could this be something Tim Cook wanted to do...or, a signal of the type of decisions. I like this one...doesn't make apple look bad, just offers a legacy product to those who need it.

Somehow I don't think Flash is next!
 
Interesting how this is Apple's biggest problem these days.

A video editing app. When rivals can barely get an entire computing platform off the ground, and have their entire business destroyed/and or substantially downgraded because of it.

We're truly spoiled.

First world problems :)
 
Indeed, perhaps this is the very 1st sign of a certain persons stubbornness being changed into a very refreshing new era of actually listening to customers as opposed to telling them what they should do.

Hope to see more like this. Good times ahead I hope :)

maybe we'll finally see bluray drives on macs.
 
Another sign of changes at Apple

VR-zone reported today that Apple is reconsidering its stance on USB 3.0.

A lot of people have been disappointed over Apple's lack of interest in the USB 3.0 standard, but thanks to a little bird, VR-Zone has heard that the company is still looking at USB 3.0 as a potential feature to add on future products. As to when and how this might happen is not something we know, but from our understanding it'll happen before Intel integrates USB 3.0 support into its chipsets.

Link
 
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