OK – I was using FCS 3 for last two years. I bought MC 5.5 during cheap 999$ cross grade in october and, to be honest, I learned (poorly) it but was doing all of my editing in FCP 7. When I got a new macbook i also got mc 6.01. After one test job (paid) all I can say is that is vastly superior to FCS7 (speed, format acceptance through AMA). After about an hour of basic tutorials I was able to edit normal 5 min job for nationwide broadcaster. I tried to use FCPX but is counterintuitive ( And I was a real AVID hater! )and difficult in basic editing. Also the way it hadles media is really annoying. It is neither precise nor fast and ALSO it handles h264 far less efficently than MC 6.01. The only thing that is really well played from apple side is the new motion – I use it for titles and simple ADs – it`s perfect. That said (and me being all for apple products guy) I cant find any uses for FCPX – maybe in 4 k editing but I m not doing any …