[Robin S. kurz]

[Bill Davis] “There’s no research needed to FEEL the difference”

As with homeopathy. ????

I never claimed you didn’t FEEL a difference. If you do, great! At least, in that case, there’s no harm in it. Just pointing out the facts.

– RK

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[Robin S. kurz]

[Bill Davis] “I’ve found it makes a major difference to my sleep patterns when I’m not bathed in daylight spectrum when web browsing or reading late into the night.”

Of course that’s never actually been proven in any studies. But hey, people take homeopathic remedies, too, and could actually swear it works. Go figger. ????

– RK

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[Robin S. kurz]

I’d say…

“Just get rid of the crappy stuff and focus on the good stuff.” (can you e.g. say ‘EDL’?)
and
“By focusing on less, you give yourself the time to build a product that solves a problem in an incredible way.”

… sums it up, yes. That certainly fits FCP X imo.

– RK

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[Robin S. kurz]

[Noah Kadner] “FCPX is still in active development with a long term roadmap, so I’d say it’s more a question of prioritizing maximum utility of a feature for widest number of users vs. ruling anything out.”

Well said. And pretty much nails it imo. ????????

– RK

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[Robin S. kurz]

[Oliver Peters] “Let’s take X out of the discussion for the moment.”

Huh? That’s what the whole discussion is about, no? Relative costs. Not the products themselves.

As I said, the difference between three HUNDRED and three THOUSAND dollars over a exemplary timeframe of five years.

If we’re talking products and not costs and Final Cut Pro X or PPro isn’t an option either way, then the entire discussion is moot.

– RK

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[Robin S. kurz]

[Oliver Peters] “Even if you can transfer the licenses to the new owner, software has no value in the sale. “

Sorry if I find that to be a very weak point. Especially when we’re talking about a measly $299 and in light of what costs one is confronted with otherwise in this industry. Merely having to pay a one-off and be done with it is a huge advantage in my book. And from what I’ve been hearing, there a LOT of people that despise the whole subscription scheme for a whole plethora of other reasons as well on top. So I for one can’t see any advantage whatsoever, no matter how contrived. But that’s for people to decide for themselves. I just think the whole sub-nonsense will end up biting Adobe (and others) in the backend sooner or later. We’ll see.

– RK

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[Robin S. kurz]

[Oliver Peters] “However, in some companies, setting up a payment for an ongoing service is an easier lift than for purchasing a product.”

Funny you should say that, since that has been the number one reason that the University I work at and various other post houses I know would have gone with CC, but ended up going exclusively with FCP X for that exact reason: CC is a huge pain for them to administer in comparison. Never mind the ongoing cost which is much harder for them (the University i.e. schools in general) to get approved. So at least for them it was the complete opposite.

FCP X is a one off, done. Turn on auto-update and you’re not even bothered with that anymore.

– RK

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[Robin S. kurz]

[Oliver Peters] “I avoid putting media on the internal boot drive as a general rule.”

But then that wasn’t your point either. It was that you can “really hot-rod the [PC] system in ways that are no longer possible on the Mac side“, not where to store one’s media.

But okay… so what about the external solution? No word on that? I’m just trying to understand what it is that is “no longer possible on the Mac side“. Or are you suggesting that putting everything you have inside your machine is the much more preferable configuration?

– RK

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[Robin S. kurz]

[Oliver Peters] “Even at that, you could still argue of course, that owning FCPX is cheaper than renting Premiere Pro.”

You could. Because it is. ????

[Oliver Peters] “If you sell the business, the software installed on the machines has no tangible value. “

Only that you still own FCP X after that, no matter what. Business or no business. You can’t sell an Apple ID nor does it go down with the company. And really, if you drove your company into the ground BEFORE that piddly amount could even be written off? Then I think you have entirely different issues and aren’t to worried about $299. ???? For example the $600 a year you just lost on CC expenses and, in comparison, are left with nothing to show for it. ????

I’m certainly not up to speed on U.S. tax code, but it must be weirder than I thought if spending $3000 over five years makes for the smarter move and better business sense than spending $300. I sure know it isn’t anywhere here.

– RK

[Robin S. kurz]

[Robin S. Kurz] “and to date not once actually gotten an answer that didn’t simply describe the above. Or I just simply got the ol’ “Because I need them. Period.” response as their only logical justification (much like it seems to be the case here once again?). Or no response at all. “

So I guess we now know which one we can settle on. ????

Gee, wonder why.