My initial thoughts are... is this an upgrade or just some minor UI tweaks and updates to subsystems.
I think the latter...
While watching the video I noticed a few things that should peak your interest, I believe that we are going to be one to two OS X Major releases from the seamless iOS and OS X experience. This is basically the closest to an iOSX version that we have had in the past 5 years.
1.) You should not be too excited about this release. (Remember the transition from Leopard to Snow Leopard?) Just a bunch of much needed UI tweaks and updates to applications that should have been there since inception.
2.) I love Apple's Ecosystem. However, as a power user, I want more behind the scenes features. With the release of Timer Coalescing in Mavericks, I was ecstatic. Being able to push my computer so much further with what appears to be a minor subsystem adjustment (although it took MANY years to finally come to fruition) was one of the selling points for me.
3.) I am waiting for the iOS presentation but can assume that you will see features that mirror those of the OS X system.
3a.) Translucency is very appealing but I really hope that is not a selling point for some of you new developers. Do not lose sight that padding around the edges are nice, but you should want to gain some more from the core to deliver a better experience!
Love you Apple, and good parallel programming joke!
Skylar
