Re: my guess to what will happen to the suite

[Stephan Walfridsson] "But the question if the new release of FCP will remain my main tool of choice doesn't depend on wether other people are won over"

It depends on your needs. When first released it may be missing features that are added later. Just as happened with FCP1. FCP1 was nice but not an Avid killer. By the time FCP3 rolled out some people began to move. By FCP4-5 range many more moved. It depends on your needs and the speed at which Apple rolls out more features (which should be faster IMHO).

GENERALLY SPEAKING, Apple will win over those who need more advanced features as they roll them out.
With SOME FEATURES it will EXCEED FCP7 right out of the gate and building a system based on those features will cost less. For those using file based media needing high speed Thunderbolt based storage, it'll likely win out of the door. For those who must export XML or OMF, we do not know yet. For those who need tape input, we do not know yet. For those who fast render, multi codec sources without transcode, it'll be a MAJOR time saver and it can win those right out of the door.

It may well depend on what projects walk into your facility. You can set up a blazing fast file based edit system on a new iMac for a lot less then other systems. It may win that market out of the door.

When Video I/O with tape control (likely third party) happens, it may win that market as well.

Eventually I believe they'll manage the XML OMG output features if that's not there out of the door. When that happens it'll win over some more.

It's not like a given point of time is the END of development. As FCPX meets more needs it'll win that market unless the competitors can match the price at a given feature set.