Re: Email Exchange with Randy Ubillos, FCP X Designer

All they had to do was upgrade iMovie to iMovie Pro and just say the FCP suite wasn't ready. They're not a cash-strapped company.
I agree that this is going to make them look weak in general.
Why blatantly misrepresent something? Are they too successful to be burdened by a small customer segment? Does some nutcase think they need to change their identity? Have two years of wild success corrupted the company? IS the consumer side OK with losing the rep of the pro side? Wow, someone just lit one at the party.

Plus the Mac Pro line is overpricing components in its hardware.

The consumer side is the side with the most competition. iPads are pricey compared to 7-inch Androids. Maybe the guys following Steve don't know what they're doing after all. Wouldn't surprise me. Creative people don't stay in bureaucracies once they make money. Only untalented paperpushers stay in comissariats. Apparently all that talk about Apple being high on itself has turned out to be true.

The ridiculous thing is that amateur filmmakers are just now getting their hands on more pro gear with HD dSLRs and GoPros and moving on up into the ranks of pro creators (mtn bikers, snowboarders, extreme etc). iMovie works for a while, but once you get it, you want to move up. These guys have built FCP as much as anyone. Now Apple's telling them - don't buy our software and don't buy our laptops either. Go back to the PC where things are cheaper and you can customize the software.

I would say its baffling but it actually reminds me of the old days of APPLE, when getting on the internet wasn't that important.