right-click -> New Document within a second you’re naming and working in a text, Word, Excel etc. file, and it’s in the location you want. Windows has the Mac beat in this. I tried to get an Applescript/right-click utility combination to approximate this behavior and failed. edit: John C sent me a note about NuFile, which solves this problem. NuFile I’m using, no question… its simplicity and customization are the cat’s pajamas. Thanks John!

maximize windows in Windows this just works. In Mac OS it’s a crapshoot. The window should maximize, not assume an alternate non-maximized form. It should respect the Dock location of course, and it should not span monitors, if you have more than one.

finder pathing ever want to go somewhere, and have the path on the clipboard? I use it all the time in Windows. It’s an easy way to get places, or to tell a dialog box where you want to save something. It means fewer clicks, which is what the Mac OS is supposed to be all about.

Overall I think the Mac OS is light years ahead of XP, and I’m very happy being a Macuser. But I think Steve Jobs’ and Apple’s design aloofness sometimes prevents them from adopting bits that would make the OS better, bit origins be damned.