About your last point, i'm not sure if i'm reading it correctly, but you can use a program called PowerMenu which gives you an option to to give an window an attribute of being "always on top"
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/PowerMenu.shtml --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Kath O'Donnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd always had a pc (work) laptop until I bought a macbook pro for > home. I couldn't afford a mac and the pc did most things I wanted it > to. but usually I had to fix it before I could use it - even for > simple installations - there was usually something missing and I had > to install extra bits or the s/w I wanted to try was only on mac. > since buying the mac I haven't had to do this, so I've found I prefer > using it and am more productive on it than before when I had a pc. I > can just sit down and start making things so I find it's better for my > creativity levels. I like the software that comes with it - iphoto etc > and how it's easier for me wrt to music/video/development tools. I'm > an engineer and work on computers all day at work - years ago I used > to like fixing computers & kept up with hardware specs etc but now I'd > much rather just use one. I still have a windows laptop for work and > work on linux/posix systems too so go through the pain at work. but > for home I wouldn't go back to pc now except for maybe a cheaper > storage server desktop/archive system solution as it'd only be used > for file storage perhaps remote access to files, though with cheap > ISP online disk storage options available these days even this is a > stretch. the one I bought originally had a screen problem - I think I > must have bought one of the first batches - and the apple store > support from where I bought it was terrible. eventually I went to > apple australia during a trip home and they arranged a replacement and > since then everything's worked well. they said it's easier to purchase > online rather than the stores as the stores don't have the same > infrastructure they used to for getting things fixed. if I'd known > that at the time I would have bought it online originally like my > first apple product - the ipod. the mac was more expensive but for me > I don't care about that because it's saved more time in me having to > get things to work first go & actually getting something creative > done, so was worth the money. over time the difference isn't much. the > only problem I have now is I fill the disk all the time but that's a > user issue not machine. I wish they'd let me use the mac at work > instead of the pc. the best thing I like about OSX (& linux) is that > when you open a few things at once and are working in one screen the > other screens open in background and u can select them when u are > ready. whereas windows pushes everything to the front when it's ready > - it doesn't care if you're in the middle of typing something in an > already selected window. this annoys me no end on a pc at work!! > > > > > > > -- > http://www.aliak.com >
