There are quite a few posts here from users who have had some troubles, but I think the vast majority of users are doing fine with it. I think reading forums like this you get a bit of a skewed view of problems since most people will only come here and post if they have trouble.
The dock looks a bit different, but works the same. Other than that everything is pretty much like it was as far as how things worked.
Likewise, but there's always a degree of apprehension whenever upgrading to a new OS (kind of like firmware).
If everything is working and there is nothing you need Mavericks for you might want to wait until 10.9.2.
Not necessarily, just copy out the Mavericks installer, say to the Desktop, run the installer from there. When prompted for installation target, just click Show All Disks and point the destination to the newly created partition.TPcollin, best thing for you to do is create a partition and install Mavericks and see for yourself. Asking people how they like it means nothing. Everyone has different taste. TPcollin, if you decide to do the partition thing then you will have to Google on how to create a bootable drive of Mavericks for a clean install.
Running great on my little old 13" MBP, see my sig
My iMac 21.5" had some issues unrelated to Mavericks but is now <knock on wood> running fine. If you currently sync your Contacts and Calendar via USB, then don't "upgrade" to Mavericks as this function has been removed - you have to let all your data be stored on other people's (i.e.not your own) servers just to sync your phone and computer. Big FAIL Apple.
