So Ralph,
we are at least two waiting for the new machines to hit the market. At the moment it seems, that Premiere ia about to take the lead, because it’s the strongest package with Photoshop, After effects and Cinema 4D. I’m working for the soccer premier league in Germany and 6 months ago they’ve equipped all professional bradcasting with FCP. So, I agree it is not a niche market. They didn’t take Avid. What bothers me is, that apple has given up Xraid. Xsan is no good. We’ve got a lot of problems with Xsan. When you work with FCP the raids are almost as important than the program itself. I don’t think the new 12 or 16 core machines solve this problem.
take care outside
Rainer