FCP X and ‘The Typical Apple Sequence’

David Pogue, at the end of a long piece addressing numerous complaints about Final Cut Pro X:

Apple has followed the typical Apple sequence: (1) throw out something that’s popular and comfortable but increasingly ancient, (2) replace it with something that’s slick and modern and forward-looking and incomplete, (3) spend another year finishing it up, restoring missing pieces.

Professional editors should (1) learn to tell what’s really missing from what’s just been moved around, (2) recognize that there’s no obligation to switch from the old program yet, (3) monitor the progress of FCP X and its ecosystem, and especially (4) be willing to consider that a radical new design may be unfamiliar, but may, in the long term, actually be better.

Remember when everyone thought OS X was a giant turd that was going to be the end of Macs being used by professionals?