first off, with finder, column view isn’t so bad, though I will admit, list view is better after you select the option to show path in the view menu bar. tip1

next alt tab better on windows, true, but all you need is a tiny program called switch to get a better version on osx, http://www.manytricks.com/witch/ (it’s on my blog man! unwiredthinking.com)

Third, you can use your own JDK, i’m using 1.6 from sun and it’s fine…

Fouth, central registry. Ok, put down the crazy pipe my friend. drag and drop to /Applications is worse then doing a windows prog install??? “Somebody plz cut his supply” layoff the ganja my friend

Next, window sizes… well you might have me on this one… I do like the tile feature of windows (although I didn’t really use it much). I do prefer how windows has icons that represent the actions of the resize buttons, rather then mac with only colors… thought resizing is not all THAT important to me compared to the other advantages of MAC. BTW, did you take advantage of ctrl-w (quit window) and ctrl-q (quit program). They are great in my view.

last, app suppport. Well yes, some programs haven’t yet ported over, but the vast majority have. Besides, so much is about the web experience these days. Btw, did you ever install ports on mac? it really makes things easier, also there is a gui for ports that is a great, again, check my blog for the mac page: http://www.unwiredthinking.com/2008/06/10/clean-install-of-osx-leopard/

I’ll update my blog post next time I reimage my mac.

I have to admit, i really like the close tie-in with the macbook hardware, I like to faster processing, I like the application install/remove, I like the applications themselves, i prefer the dock, I like the stability, and to quote many others, “It just works.”