Apple's Mavericks operating system broke all records for OS X adoption last month, with a third of all Macs running the new edition within weeks of its introduction. The fast uptake validated Apple's rationale for giving away OS X 10.9, aka Mavericks. "What's most important to us is seeing the software in the hands of as many Mac users as possible," Craig Federighi, who leads software engineering at Apple, said during an October event where he announced that Mavericks would be free. "Today, spending hundreds of dollars to get the most out of your computer are gone," Federighi added, taking a
