Thanks very much guys. It is a genuine post. I was just at the Broadcast Production Show in London and although I’m a total Machead and FCP/DVDSP/Shake/Logic nut I thought the Avid system, meaning Xpress Pro looked interesting. Your last line about “Don’t let Avid’s PR buzz about “industry standard” sway you” is an interesting statement; this was one reason I was considering the switch.
At the show in London I met a professional Avid Off-Line editor who works in Soho (London’s equivalent of Hollywood post houses I guess). She told me that she has used FCP recently and she says that FCP has more multimedia type features, Avid on the other hand is an out-and-out professional editing package.