4 displays on my mbp? so gonna get this :)

[Peter Korsten]

komatos schreef:

> On Apr 3, 2009, at 6:20 PM, Peter Korsten wrote:
> 
>> Spaces, is that Applespeak for virtual desktops?
> 
> Yep, pretty much what Windows has had as an extra feature since  
> Windows 98 (via the PowerToys add-on), BeOS has had all along, and  
> Linux has had for quite awhile.  OSX can have up to 16 virtual  

*cough* _X-Windows_ has had it, or specifically certain Window managers. 
I remember using it on an old graphical X-terminal before there even was 
Linux.

> desktops (4 rows by 4 columns), BeOS PE 5.0 could have up to 32!!!!   
>  From when I remember trying with the PowerToys add-on for Windows 98/ 
> XP, it had 4 desktops.
> 
> Although for me, the multiple desktops just get more confusing as I  
> get older.  Easier to just Alt-Tab(Cmd-Tab on OSX) 5-15 different  
> programs than it is to switch to another Space and then do some more  
> Cmd-Tab'bing.

I un-installed it from XP, I just found it confusing. I used it a bit 
more on X, though, but that was also because the resolution was a bit low.

What I do find very handy, though, is RocketDock. It's like the dock of 
OS X, but for Windows and it's free.

- Peter