"Popular features"? Umpfff, LOL! I think the new Maplegate is the MOST UNPOPULAR FEATURE Apple has EVER produced! And Siri? Siriously? I know NO ONE in my friendlist who ever talked to Siri except in the first five minutes after unwrapping their iPhones - maybe some half-funny party jokes evolved out of that. And that was it!
What about... ZFS? iSCSI? A current OpenGL implementation (I mean, what are we Mac users... like 2-3 years behind of the current standard)? I call those POPULAR FEATURES!
No Ping was the most unpopular feature of recent note. Maps where simply blown out of proportion by an increasingly desperate for page hits tech press.
ZFS is dead and I don't think we really need it. Would like to see iSCSI though and OpenGL is really dependent on your GPU installed and what software programs are actually using.
As for Maps and Siri - Makes sense to me on both accounts. Apple's adding dual microphones to all the new Macs which means they expect accurate voice capture to be essential to future products. Siri sounds like a likely solution.
Maps are important as well. Programs like iPhoto use Maps and there are plenty of location based apps that would be appealing on Macs. Plus it extends the mapkit api to OS X which is good for developers and users because it improves both the iOS and OS X usage.
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With 10.9 running out the door with the typical recent speed ... I'm more excited to see what kind of paradigm shift OS 11 brings. Can we expect some much, much deeper integration between iOS and Mac OS by then, something more than just borrowing each others programs?
Perhaps everyone expecting something truly new and better (not just different) from Apple should be looking forward to summer 2014. Can't wait!
I'm not expecting OS X 11 to ever see the light of day.