The original Microsoft Movie Maker proved Microsoft is capable of this endeavor. It's time for Microsoft to do it themselves. But when it comes to the software side relying on Adobe has not resulted in success. It nails half of it by releasing new and intriguing hardware. Microsoft doesn't have a solidified strategy to lure creators to its platform. Will Microsoft be up for the task? Unfortunately, I have my doubts. Microsoft could even give the app some special Surface-love with optimizations and pre-packing it with every device sold. If Microsoft builds a strong competitor to Final Cut, it can realistically lure those creators away from Apple to its Surface line (and other premium PCs), and it gets a recurring revenue stream to help pay for it. If Microsoft and the Surface team want people to take its PCs seriously, it needs an answer to Final Cut Pro. Maybe even give it ARM64 support out the gate? I'm just spitballing here. Instead, I'd like to see Microsoft build out its own entry-level Movie Maker X app and, via subscription model with Office 365, let users add-on to it with more pro-level features.

I'm also just leery of Adobe building something that is intuitive, open to the masses and works seamlessly with Surface hardware.

But, like any new video editing app, it is light on features, and being Adobe, steep on price ($120 per year). (Image credit: Source: Windows Central)Īdobe does have its new app Rush (see our review), which looks to fill this void. Source: Windows CentralSurface deserves a better video editing experience in 2020. But anyone who covers tech knows Apple's Final Cut is what keeps many creators on the MacBook Pro.īuilt for Surface, runs on Windows 10 Microsoft needs a Movie Maker X Non-video editors will be confused by a lot of this. Work with any video editor using Premiere and wait for the swearing to begin. Adobe's Premiere, which is technically more sophisticated and robust, takes longer to render videos, is more cumbersome to use and suffers from instability. The smoothness, the stability, and the intuitiveness of Final Cut are unrivaled.

Talk to any video editor and they will tell you the same thing. Talk to any editor: the stability and the intuitiveness of Final Cut Pro is unrivaled. Watch his video as he concisely explains the matter. And yet, as soon as that problem was fixed, he plopped down $6,625 for a new decked-out sliver editing machine. He recently reviewed the latest MacBook Pro and was very honest about his displeasure with Apple regarding its disastrous keyboard design. Michael Fisher, aka MrMobile, is one of these.

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