There are a lot of us long-time Apple product owners out here who feel the same way. I have Mac with older OS (SL, Lion & Mtn Lion), and after reading all the problems with Mavericks I will NOT upgrade--ever. I waited a long time to upgrade to Lion and Mtn Lion was forced on me because I bought a refurbed 2011 iMac (because they still have an optical drive--don't get me started on that omission starting in 2012) and it came with it.
Both my sisters also lament the downward slide of quality control in Apple products. One just bought the newest MBP with Mavericks, only to find she will be FORCED to use iCloud because there is no ability to sync to a computer. We have a lot of CDs and audiobooks NOT through iTunes (ever hear of free music and audiobook CDs from the library we are allowed to put on our computers?), and now there is NO way to put them on a Mavericks computer. Apparently, this was not mentioned in all the hype over Mavericks. Latest and greatest??? No, worst and "worser."
Have you seen the latest iCloud version of iWork? OMIG, it's not worth the digital imprint it takes up in cyberspace. You can't do anything with Pages but the most, most, most basic commands. Of course, it's "Free." Don't bother taking this free offer.
I'm mad at Steve Jobs for not getting the surgery at a point that would have saved his life--at least for a few more years. I can't believe that he would let all this shoddiness slip through to the customers.
Apple seems to pander to the younger, newer purchaser who doesn't know any better, and us loyal long-time Apple product users be ******!
It's almost enough to make me switch to PCs...although who knows how they've changed things since I left them behind? I will say the Samsung phone screens are MUCH easier to read than the iPhone, and I've been tempted to switch to Android iOS to get one.
I have an "Orchard" of Apple products, and even though they are aging, I don't plan to add anymore as long as I am able to use what I have.