I'm a multimedia dev for a large textbook publisher and I've used just about all of the afore-mentioned apps where I work. I've personally used Premiere since 4.5 (yeesh). It and the versions that followed were mostly slow boats to hell to work with (crashing, weird preview bugs), but if you didn't want to use Avid (and I usually didn't, not being a fan of the Avid editing style) or Media 100, Toaster, etc. that's what you used (prior to Vegas, which now has a rabidly loyal small professional user base). FCP turned the biz on its ear when it came out and Adobe is now finally getting it together. For those who haven't experimented with Premiere Pro 2 yet, I advise you to do so. Completely different product than its predecessors. The integration with the other Adobe apps is terrific also. Each editing suite has areas where it outshines others these days, just stick with the one that compliments the type of work you do.
Personally, I've been a PC user/builder/frankensteiner for over a decade now and I'm finally planning to switch my loyalty to the Intel-based Mac this year. This announcement is more wind in my sails to make the decision.
