Some very interesting things to come out of NAMM this year, although a bit 'safe' on the guitar front and nothing really of note personally speaking. I think the Boss GT-100 is interesting, but it's probably overdue and doesn't seem to have the wow factor.In terms of wow, or hell freezing over, MOTU's announcement that Digital Performer 8 (DP 8) will ship on Windows now is simply staggering. It was the quintessential Mac only software and the only reason that I purchased my first Mac in 2000. I have been using it since DP 3.1 and think it is amazingly powerful and underrated software, it is particularly fantastic for film scoring and I simply love the find tempo functionality. I did finally switch over to Logic about 4 years ago, primarily because I find composing the way I compose in Logic easier (that is region based) and Logic basically comes with many many more plug-ins which personally I think are better than those found in DP. I have done a lot of sound only projects (sound design, dialogue editing, spotting) in DP as it handles audio editing perfectly and much better than the nightmare that is Logic in terms of audio editing. The other thing I really miss is proper track folders, which Logic's method of packing and unpacking folders just seems so arcane! Anyway, I digress….DP on Windows!I am trying to understand what this strategically means, there has been much talk and rumour about the direction of Apple recently, are they are computer manufacturer, are they an entertainment company, or are they only interested in the mobile market? This comes about due to their focus on developing iPhones, iPod and iPads etc and not so much focus on new Mac Pros etc. Tie this in with the disastrous release of Final Cut X and it's complete watering down of their pro film making app suite and one has to wonder about Apple's direction. It's been nearly two years since an update to Logic and it is slowly falling behind on features being standard in other DAW's. Is this behind MOTU's decision? I think it makes good business sense, as Apple are notoriously difficult to get any information out of, particularly in terms of their future plans. I think MOTU must be hedging their bets and I for one think it is a very wise choice. Plus it means those of us who are quite open to using a PC for a DAW can pick up a very decent system for half the cost of the Mac equivalent.I fully commend MOTU as well for providing both the Mac and PC installation on the disk, so you can choose (and I am sure try out) which operating system to run it on.These are very interesting times indeed!PeaceNeil