I don't see "second fiddle to iOS" as necessarily a terrible thing.

OSX is a fine operating system. It's stable, strikes a great compromise between power, security, and ease of use, and is useful for pretty much anything you want to do with a present-day desktop.

I personally want Apple to keep it mostly the same but polish it, make it more secure (without making it less useful!), and improve things like stability and performance. Other than that I'm fine with it as-is.