List of various blog posts with opinions and useful data:

http://www.larryjordan.biz/goodies/blog.html
http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2011/06/what-are-the-answers-to-the-unanswered-questions-about-final-cut-pro-x/
Final Cut Pro X: The Missing Features
http://www.digitalcinemafoundry.com/2011/06/21/fcp-x-first-review-autobalance-color-simply-doesnt-work/
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_x_first_look_martin.html
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/blog/posts/final_cut_pro_x_frequently_asked_questions.html
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/blog/posts/final_cut_pro_x_the_good_the_bad_and_the_ugly.html
http://www.eoshd.com/content/3169/final-cut-pro-x-hands-on-review-part-1
http://www.eoshd.com/content/3204/final-cut-pro-x-and-compressor-4-review-part-ii
http://www.kurtlancaster.com/dslr-cinema/23/06/2011/final-cut-pro-x-%E2%80%93-negative-reviewers-failed-to-clue-in/
http://masteringfilm.com/final-cut-pro-x-a-dream-for-dslr-filmmakers/

Tutorials and other videos:
http://www.izzyvideo.com/final-cut-pro-x-tutorial/ (2.5h free training course)
http://leaders.creativecow.net/leaders/mcauliffe_kevin/
http://www.macprovideo.com/finalcut/
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=PL2FBA59296BAD2275
http://www.fcpxtutor.com/
http://www.rippletraining.com/categories/final-cut-studio-courses/final-cut-pro-products/final-cut-pro-10-core-training.html

Final Cut Pro X: The Missing Features

http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/final-cut-pro-x-the-missing-features/

From all plugins most used are ones for color grading and titling.
I am sure that they'll be available soon.
Why we don't see them?
Simple - Apple did the right thing and not allowed information leaks to competition.
FCP is one of few key applications for Mac platform, so they couldn't allow situation with new Premier having same interface at almost the same time.

I always wanted to understand why people like "to wait".
Do or Do not. Fuck waiting. :-)

Just added various links to second post.

From software developer POV I am fully with Apple.
It is very hard to find good developers with specific skills and expirience.
So, they moved all guys to new projects. And they are right.
Complains about old versions are extremely common.
FCP X will be very popular, so if it'll have some holes that is not closed with Apple product third-party developers will introduce it fast.
I think that we are weeks before first commercial converters of old projects.

:-) It is really funny, nothing more.
FCP X is move in absololutely right direction.

>I will think about it when it integrates well with CS5.

What do you mean under integration with CS5?

>Export to XML that PP CS5 can import. It might need some update from CS5 side also.

Somehow I have big doubts that it'll happen.
From pure practical points it is not very common to work in both packages.

FCPX is a big gamble for Apple. If they fail FCPX, I bet Steve Jobs will retire. It's like .NET for Microsoft. Bill Gates retired after delivering .NET framework.

Tell me what apps from Apple you use other than FCP or FCPX. Most people I know don't use any app from Apple except iTunes. But we all hate iTunes app.

FCPX might be a move in the right direction in terms of 64bit integration and the fundamental core of the system, and there are some good features.... but, with all due respect, there those videos gloss over some BIG problems with implementation & functionality.

1. I don't buy this excuse "oh, it's a new foundation....it's version 1.0." Give me a break: Adobe CS5(.5) is to CS4 what FCPX should've been to FCP7. Adobe doesn't need this excuse. BTW, you can import FCP7 projects into Adobe Premiere, but NOT FCPX.

2. People are SPECULATING that Apple will "eventually" add the MISSING (keyword) features or 3rd parties might. APPLE HAS OFFICIALLY SAID NOTHING ABOUT THIS (please correct me if I'm wrong).

I don't know about you but if some company replaces my favorite ice cream with some flavor I don't like, doesn't say they are going to bring back my old favorite, and is better off spending its time and money keeping the new product the way it is or attending to other projects.... well, I go looking for a new flavor. Of course, you might say that I still have FCP7--but, to change metaphors, why would I stay with one tool (FCP7) when I can go to a different tool (Adobe or Avid) that does a better job?

The only way to defend Apple on this execution is to note that (a) from a business perspective, it was in their interest to do it this way and/or (b) it's a good tool for the hobby-ist who might want to dable in video editing and doesn't have to work with other editors.

But it clearly a disaster in terms of what most professionals and people who are serious about making indie-films and are passionate about video want and need. Walter Biscardi has a nice summary of why this is a bad release: http://magazine.creativecow.net/article/final-cut-pro-x-whats-missing-for-some-pros

1. In what way are they 100% right from development standpoint? Explain.
2. Yes, the majority of dedicated FCP users are in implementing stages. They are implementing *away* from FCP as their main edit suite of choice. That's not to say that many won't learn it. They will learn it, of course, since they might have business reasons, etc., to learn it.
3. You are right about press releases. But I don't necessarily want a "press release" apologizing. I want some *evidence* that the next update of fcp will include certain basic functions/improvements and *when* that will be. If we go by previous standards, the updates have been every *2 years*. Hmmm.....

(BTW, I appreciate all the independent-minded work you've done Vitaliy, and your critical perspective on things, including this forum!)