Were you guys expecting the new OS to make you coffee or something.
Its like every new OS update; it seeks to correct mistakes of past version(s) and build on existing features/architecture.
Oh, I kid, of course not. However, Apple has stretched the "new features" list with items that seem to be thin at best. Apple engineers have been extremely focused on simplifying OS X into an iOS environment, at the cost of stability and progress into such area's as:
- A much needed revamped Finder (HFS+ is wearing very thing, I recall Leopard beta's with ZFS+, shame SunSystems went down and IP et al is keeping such a needed system out of OS X)
- OpenGL Core support (4+ is lagging and needed)
- Lagging support for the professional industry that carried Apple through its rough times and gave them the R&D to venture into Finger-works and multi-touch iOS devices
- Multi-display support
- USB 3.0 (for desktop systems)
- A desktop between a top iMac i7 and a base Mac Pro.
Many have needed this as iMac's are limiting in power (esp. for HD movie rendering), upgradability (leaving only RAM as user upgradable), on-site work/repairs/upgrades as a tower would allow graphics, HDD's, ODD's, eSATA upgrades, swapping out of parts on site should one break unlike an iMac which, if fried, needs off-site repairing which could take days or weeks. Before Apple switched to Intel, PowerMac G4/5's cost ~$1500, a $1k less than entry level Mac Pro's, and Apple offered one of three highly regarded CCFL LCD's, meaning you could purchase a work station for the same price as a well equipped Mac Pro. This has lead to many businesses pushing away from Apple, even with $100k+ for hardware/software upgrades, professionals and design firms/movie houses have realized that Apple is ignoring them while their sales plummet then turning around and claiming "it's because we live in a post-PC era". No dummies, it's because you are neglecting the professional market, which is turning to other platforms! I don't see movie houses replacing their power systems with iMac's, MacBook Pro's (for off-site work, not for heavy lifting), and iPad's. Never gonna happen. The claim that a tower priced around an iMac will cannibalize iMac sales is erroneous as Apple offered PowerMac's alongside iMac's for years; they catered to different markets.
Bottom line, those who have been with Apple since the 90's have watched it change and grow, but at the cost of quality and professional grade hardware and products. Apple can easily afford to focus some of those billions into the professional market, they'd make money and could even positively influence and change it as it has the consumer electronics industry. It's not a post-PC era, desktop will always be necessary as display real estate will always be needed. Most editors have two displays and a monitor for FCP work (or now, Avid Media Composer or Premiere Pro work). When the economy is in the shape it is, it is discouraging to those who make a living off Apple products to know we have become the red-headed stepchild of Apple, Inc. People forget, Steve Jobs worked on workstations, and a Mac Pro was his main go-to system.
