Going against the grain slightly regarding your latest Apple peeve. I think Apple have looked at their laptop range and decided if you are going to edit video on one of our laptops, why would you do it on anything else other than a MacBook Pro? (And on its biggest and best screen). Let’s face it if you found yourself out in the field without an external video monitor and you wanted a fighting chance of getting a piece finished and looking half way decent they’d be absolutely right. But Apple isn’t off the hook just quite yet because this brings me onto my Apple peeve. Why, when they brought out their new LED 24″ Cinema Display, did Apple make no effort whatsoever to produce a reasonably priced DVI TO Mini Display Port adaptor? In one fell swoop thousands of customers who purchased a 17″ MacBook Pro as late as December 2008 or a Mac Pro as late as Feb 2009 were excluded from acquiring this new display device. What an own goal, a decision that’s a major revenue killer. Alternatives? Well one third party has produced an adaptor but it costs nearly $200! and believe it or not there are other display devices out there that are not only better but cost about the same, so, as we say over here in Scotland “Hell mend them!”.

PS even the new MacBook with its inadequate choice of Ports has a Mini Display Port which makes the situation even more nuts.

Now what I’M interested in is Magic Mouse integration with FCP.