Re: Apple are hilarious

[Oliver Peters] "Chris,

I think you are inferring and combining things that weren't necessarily presented in that context. The number of users was presented simply on the basis of numbers without any definition to who the users are. I extrapolated that X may include more non-pros in the mix than "legacy". As far as the 52%, that's based on SCRI's study, which is supposedly based on polling professional commercial and film editors and shops. The two numbers are not connected nor are they contradictory. Also that 52% is based on new purchases. It doesn't mean they quit using what they already had."

You might be right. I'm just going off the quote from "Post." I'm sure there is more to it. "Apple also pointed out a recent SCRI report on broadcast and post NLE purchases that suggests the company owns 52 percent of the market when it comes to new seats. Additionally, Apple notes that there are now more editors working with FCP X that with Final Cut Pro 7."

But what are "new seats?" Since January? Six months? A year? Three years? And how do you define editors? I find it very, very difficult to believe that there are more paid editors working with FCP X than with 7. I have absolutely no problem believing that more people are using X than 7, but editors "working" with it is an entirely different matter.