This Changes Too Many Things

Apple's brand new Final Cut Pro is treading on more than a few professional toes. Just ask Conan O'Brien. And if you think people love to call David Pogue an Apple fanboy, just see what happens when he supports this new software.

My take: lack of backward compatibility is a serious drawback. Upgrade to 64 bit is a huge plus. The rest of those missing features will come, but it will take time. And in that time, Apple will lose a lot of professional users. But they'll make it back, and then some, in regular consumers.

Will they ever get the pros back? No idea. Does Apple care? Likely not.

Lighter and Thinner

Cropped from the New York Times' coverage of the iPad 2 launch. Ouch.

Apple Listens, Eventually

It took forever to acknowledge the iPhone 4 Death Grip. Now, Apple has - almost a year after the fact - acknowledged the gaping hole in the iPad's offering, and allowed magazines to offer subscriptions. For a nimble, forward thinking, super smart modern company, Apple really does resemble a slow moving behemoth at times.

Also, welcome to today's guest sleepy cat, Chloe. Ashley is taking a well earned break.

A Matter Of Tone

Reading through the various reports this week of Steve Jobs' third medical leave from Apple, I am struck by an almost mournful tone. The previous two absences were marked by coverage that focused heavily on his return date. Now, we see retrospective pieces and analysis of the company's long term future without its peerless icon. Is Steve Jobs really facing the end here? Or are reporters lazily cribbing from cold-storage obituaries?