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I really don't see Digi building their own standalone unit. Reinventing the wheel, but without the benefit of economy of scale. Keep in mind that Radar is really a PC on BeOS. You still need an OS and a computer in any event and the level of sophistication PT requires is much greater than Radar.
It wouldn't surprise me at all to see Digi and Apple part ways, but it wouldn't be overnight. Overyears is more like it.
Back when Apple bought Emagic, I predicted we would see Digi begin to bring WinXP support up towards parity with OSX support, including urging more WinXP plugin support from developers. Not so much to take a hike on Apple as to keep options open and not be forced to eat out of Apple's hand.
To be honest, given equal effort and commitment from Digi, it really wouldn't matter if you ran PT on a Mac or on a PC. WinXP is an extremely stable OS, at least as stable as OSX. Once inside the app, OS becomes pretty much a nonissue, assuming it's stable. I know this from Paris, which was developed on the Mac, has always had identical revs and features on Mac and PC and would not bother me in the least to run on a Mac, assuming it had equivelent or greater power than the PC it replaced. Once you're working on a session, it just doesn't really matter. The app is the app.
Outside of some emotionalism in the community, there is no reason that Digi could not happily exist on WinXP in place of OSX. Digi will certainly try and make that clear to Job's and friends.
Regards,
Brian T
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