Honestly, at this point the speculations are a bit green. Apple is just beginning the process of weeding out the issues that stem from rolling such a major update. We won't know if its good until they can pass around a version for the rest of us to try. It still won't keep the die-hard users from getting toked up over the prospect of a new strain.

Actual quotes from the keynote:

"So [the marketing team] hopped in their minibus and headed out...."

“We talked to [the marketing team] and we said that the name might be misconstrued, but they assured us this idea is fully baked.”

To be blunt, I'm not sure what to expect out of the new OS. They've rolled some good ideas into it, but can it live up to the hype or are they just blowing smoke?

Please someone mod this up to the top comment and leave it there. You've always had 2 choices: 1) Learn to install your own firmware. 2) Take whatever the manufacturer provides. We've known #2 is crap for years, but maybe this time someone is trying to fix that with a little analytics. If you don't like it, see #1. If you can't do #1, buy from someone who can.

How did an AC get modded insightful with that comment? Especially on this site. Or are there that many people with mod points that don't already know how to switch firmware on their router?

Seriously, most people here know that stock router firmware sucks. It's not a secret. If you read the linked KB, you'll see Netgear might actually be working to make their hardware/firmware better using this and not just collecting advertising data like the tinfoil hats are suggesting. Working to make a better functioning, more secure product is NOT a bad thing ESPECIALLY in the SOHO router market.

  If you're paranoid, switch to DD-WRT, Open-WRT, Tomato or any other number of alternative firmwares and use the hardware that works for you, whether it be Negear or even (gasp) Linksys.

Apple should sue for design infringement...

[sarcasm] Excellent! I've always wanted a coal powered car! Especially one where I can burn the coal in someone else's back yard instead of all over my town. I'm also excited to see all the new hazardous waste sites created by the battery manufacturing processes. This will certainly save the (children, environment, planet, whales, etc.)! [/sarcasm]

This - exactly this. 4 years ago my school was faced with three options:
1) Continue purchasing Office for teachers and staff and using Open/LibreOffice for students.
2) Purchase Office365 for $99/user/year (this was before Office365 was free for Educational use.)
3) Migrate to Google for free and maybe update Office for the couple people that need Publisher.

Google is free and has low administrative overhead, and now has communities of teachers that are willing to help train other teachers on using it. Google won on price and understanding of how educators think.

"Internet killed the radio star" would fit right in to that song though....

I have PS Vue which I signed up for on my 4th Gen Apple TV (Amazon FireTV stick and some Roku devices work too). PS Vue is fairly easy to use without owning a Playstation. (Source: I use PS Vue and have never owned a Playstation).

Living in a rural area, I love the service. I can't get local channels OTA due to geography so I bundle that with the internet and use PS Vue for the premium stuff and sports. If YouTube gets my local OTA channels in for the same price I pay Vue, I'll switch in a heartbeat.

A quick study of most politicians shows that the mouth probably served both functions....

1) Embrace: Create PowerShell for linux, open source .NET and begin incorporating POISX into Windows.

2) Extend: Lure new users, add features that make linux life easier in PowerShell, take advantage of the existing linux desktop and mobile markets to supplement the failed phone market and extend the desktop market all while making it easier for developers to publish on both OSes.

3) Extinguish: a) Sometime around 2 major upgrade cycles from now, end support for all linux compatibility but provide tools to port what you need into Windows environment. Ignore the weeping and gnashing of teeth from developers who are forced to pony up to keep their tools current.
-OR- b) Gradually assimilate the best parts of Linux into Windows then slowly take over the community until essentially everyone is running some sort of Microsoft developed hybrid with just enough closed source parts to make the open source alternatives not financially feasible for businesses to invest developer time into. Adopt the freemium model where Linux and Android are free and Windows is the paid part that businesses will shell out for.

Only if the install file is called "thestig.exe"

I have successfully booted OS6 on BasiliskII. It took some work and frustration, but I managed to upgrade it to 7.5.x. As for getting it to work with serial ports, I've never tried and pity the soul that finds themselves in that situation.

Enough so I hallucinate visions of CowboyNeal...

Yes, but can they understand why I have the sudden urge to write FIRST COMMENT!!!!