Now that the most recent Macintosh operating system has had its initial post-release patch distributed, I went ahead and ordered it from Amazon. There have been scattered reports of issues with the new OS, but it actually seems to be less severe than the other Mac OS X 10.x releases. I am looking forward to using Spotlight and Automator the most. Dashboard is pretty, but right now I don't really see myself using it that much. Quartz Composer has me intrigued, but I don't know if I'll spend the time on it I'll need to make it really interesting.
At any rate, it should arrive within 2 weeks on a DVD - my first software purchase that is being delivered on a DVD. It will be arriving along with a cookbook my wife ordered and her birthday present. I told her she can't open the box when it arrives.