At some stage Lion will start to be mandatory for some apps - in fact, I believe that Avid Media Composer 6 already requires Lion. Logic 9.1.6 needs 10.6.8, I assume that some future version of Logic will need Lion.
Mark
You are correct about Avid's Media Composer 6 requiring Lion. MC6 was developed on their Windows version of MC and then ported to the Mac. :eeek:
They did this because their Windows version of the software had 64 bit support, they then re-wrote parts of it & ported it to Lion.
I hear it is full of bugs, so far,
but in all honesty, it's a "point zero" release so, I'll give it some time... For a big post-facility like where I work, this IS a big upgrade. All 19 of our systems will have to upgrade to Lion & then to this new version of Avid. No small feat!
Still, the 64bit workflow should be interesting in that world.
And, I hear you on thinking long & hard about upgrading & all the time it takes to do it correctly... I'll hang on for the moment for as long as I can!
I'm interested to see what differences you see down the road, positive OR negative...