All make sense. Mavericks later this month (most likely right at the end) and then (as Schizoid said a couple of posts back) the new Mac Pro to follow in November.
If it wasn't for the fact that I desperately need to upgrade my 2006 Mac Pro 1,1 and the new Pro will ship with it, I'm not entirely sure I'd want to upgrade the OS if I wasn't also updating the computer. There's not that much in there that's any different. OK. Snow Leopard had little changes from a user's perspective, but there were massive changes under the hood that made the upgrade worthwhile. That's not the case with Mavericks (although I suspect I shall be told otherwise any minute now
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If it wasn't for the fact that I desperately need to upgrade my 2006 Mac Pro 1,1 and the new Pro will ship with it, I'm not entirely sure I'd want to upgrade the OS if I wasn't also updating the computer. There's not that much in there that's any different. OK. Snow Leopard had little changes from a user's perspective, but there were massive changes under the hood that made the upgrade worthwhile. That's not the case with Mavericks (although I suspect I shall be told otherwise any minute now