Pro Tools beta adds Lion support

Here's the problem -- AVID has to test with EVERY single piece of hardware that they sell; I don't know the exact amount, but it's probably in the hundreds -- drivers for ALL 3rd party hardware that they integrate into their setups have to be tested, and tested AGAIN -- ...and then every time the Lion developer previews got updated, stuff changed -- hence them not being ready...and even again, now that 10.7.1 is out -- stuff changed ONCE AGAIN!!...it sucks to have an OS that's constantly changing without telling people or giving them a heads up -- this is why I prefer to work with Windows systems for pro tools and media composer -- Microsoft gives updates, sure -- but stuff rarely (if ever) breaks... Win 7 is, was, and probably always will be a solid OS that requires no major changes to the base code. Long story short, I would HATE to have to work at Avid and test OS X configurations all day long...it's gotta be a real tough job that's for sure.

And then there's apple being douche bags and shipping computers with Lion and not allowing customers to downgrade them to snow leopard...what's that about? Sounds like they've got a real problem with their end users wanting to configure the hardware that they bought how they like instead of what Apple wants.

Case and point -- the 10.6.8 update broke Pro Tools 9 which worked JUST FINE with 10.6.7 -- who's fault is this...Avid's or Apples? I'm gonna go ahead and say Apple's for screwing around with driver code and core OS stuff that was buggy as hell and should have been fixed to begin with when 10.6 first came out.

Take a look at OS X in general -- how many times a year do the .1, .2, etc updates come out? Compare that to windows 7 - it's been out for 2 years, and it's had ONE major service pack update that didn't break any software that I or anyone else I know runs.

A month ago Lion was totally different than it is today -- If they came out with a beta, it probably would have worked for 2 weeks and then broke when the next developer preview came out..do you realize how fast apple churned out those developer previews? Each time a new one came out, MAJOR core stuff to the OS changed.

Did you missed the part where it says "beta"?
And if you carefully read, it's working on an SL upgrade install. It just disables some plug ins...
For a Pro though, it doesn't make any sense to upgrade to Lion just yet....
Actually adding Lion support for a software like ProTools so fast was unexpected!
It usually took them more in the past.
Now, regarding your comments for ProTools and Adobe, please tell us what would you suggest as a pro?
If i throw away my PT HD Native rig and my Adobe software, with what am i suppose to work?
I don't know if you heard, but FCS is EOL'ed.

Yeah, Protools sucks...95% of everyone in the music industry who's using it must be really stupid.