The questionably named OS X Mavericks is out for all to purchase today. But should we trust this very incremental update? Are the performance updates really noticeable?

Mavericks is, as a whole, a solid, fast, and feature packed OS. It's not necessarily a feature packed update, but every addition is a noticible one. The performance enhancements are by far the best tweaks Apple have made for some time. What there is to complain about isn't detrimental to using the OS as a whole, most of what is bad can be avoided most of the time. It does look like have been a little lazy in places, for example they didn't redesign the skeuomorphic Reminders app, despite overhauling Calendar, but we expect the bigger UI tweaks to come in the future.

But what's best? Mavericks is free. It's a mindless update, especially as you can jump to Mavericks from Snow Leopard for no cost whatsoever. It keeps your Mac fresh and feeling new, and does virtually everything it promises. Grab it right now.