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Originally Posted by steff3  ..... Digi helped keep Apple alive in the 90's
To me this sounds like pure fantasy - why should that have been so? because their windows versions at that time were too crappy and buggy. |
No, because Windows versions didn't exist. Digi and Apple partnered exclusively for quite a while, Windows PT came along after the Avid purchase. That might explain why the Apple/Avid relationship isn't as good as Apple/Digi.
I think that the Mac/PT combo in music became the almost universal standard because of that partnership, and Apple still makes a TON of money off of PT users. Logic is great, but the Apple rep's comment at NAMM, about Logic not being in competition with Pro Tools, makes sense. Apple and Digi don't hate each other, and any suggestion that Apple's trying to stamp out Pro Tools is wishful thinking IMO. We'll just have to see how it plays out, but those waiting for a PT-killer from Apple might be waiting for a long, long time.
Of course this is all speculation, but there seems to be a lot of fear here at GS that Apple could be going more consumer (Garageband) and musician (Logic) and leaving the high-end stuff to Pro Tools. I think that's exactly what they're doing, and it would be a smart move (like most of what they're doing right now).