Yeah Leo LaPorte is not thrilled with that whole deal either, and he recommends post production guys go with Adobe’s product. <Sigh> Feels like the fall of an empire.
Bob On Feb 27, 2014, at 16:12 , stephen barncard <stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > "like Lion and Mountain Lion, Mavericks doesn’t cost a thing. " > > It costs a LOT if one can run 32 bit any more… more bricks on the shelf. > Maybe Apple can shut up for a while now that they've forced everyone to 64 > bit. It wouldn't be so bad if they hadn't tried to axe popular apps with > completely new workflows. I have no feature in Mavericks that I would want > except to enable newer software, like Final Cut Pro X - if I can endure the > new workflow….and there's no demo available, so I can't even check it out. > It's supposed to be better now. > > I'm still pissed about what happened to the REAL Final Cut Pro (7). > > And Waveburner, their Brilliant bastard stepchild of a CD mastering > software. Never heard of it? Not surprised. (it was bundled with Logic > for years.) - no replacement offered. Those guys don't even know what > "mastering" means any more. It's not about 'crunching' plugins, it's about > workflow. Somebody that probably never used it made the decision. > > I guess the main excuse is about the Carbon/Cocoa thing. They "knifed that > baby" really good - and ignored and dismissed thousands of video > professionals that depended on FCP. It's the arrogance that ticks me off. > Most went to Adobe Premiere, as Avid has even more downsides. Nobody's > really happy. > > > sqb > > *--* > *Stephen Barncard - San Francisco Ca. USA - Deeds Not Words* > > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Richard Gaskin > <ambassa...@fourthworld.com>wrote: > >> Re. my suggestion that it may be possible for older Macs to stay safe by >> upgrading to OS X 10.6: >> >> Looks like I had more faith in Apple than their decisions warrant, as they >> just knifed the baby, and 19% of Mac users along with it: >> >> >> Apple Retires Snow Leopard Support, Leaves 1 In 5 Macs In The Dust >> <http://readwrite.com/2014/02/27/apple-snow-leopard-support-osx-mac> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
