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Well yeah. But from a marketing point of view Apple doesn't need to offer a demo. FCS is selling like hot cakes and more and more Avid people are coming to FCS. The inclusion of Color (Final Touch) for free seems to have been the icing on the cake. After that a lot of people just jumped shi. It is Avid who is losing territory and their new MC pricing shows they are getting worried and are finally reacting to the FCS "invasion". If so, they should make MC available to as many people as they can reach. The new generation seems to be going for FCS. FCS user base is way more extensive and accessible than Avid’s.
Yes, you need an expensive Mac to run FCS but to run MC properly you also need a high end PC. I think all in all it will come to the same price when you consider MC is much more expensive. But MC is a cutter only with some extra features added. FCS is a finishing application. To get MC to the level of flexibility FCS offers you need to spend more money on extra applications. FCS is no Autodesk, Quantel or even DS, but it is much better featured than MC. I hope Avid is indeed happy with their market share because it is dropping everyday. But their new pricing structure tells me they are starting to get bothered by losing their leadership.
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