Personally I'm happy staying at 7.1.x until Yosemite is released and debugged. Then if I hear/read that Yosemite plays better with iOS 8 than Mavericks does with iOS 7, I'll consider upgrading. That doesn't rule out getting a new iPad next month if something really cool gets released, but I'm not actually in the market for one. I assume any new iPads will come with iOS 8 installed just as new iPhones do.

With Ive in charge of software they don't seem to have the handle on it as they did pre-Ive. I still can't believe Apple placed an industrial designer in charge of the OS folks!