Windows.. it's like coming home! 3418

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To the right, in the default config. But I do not put any apps in the taskbar; I use it for windows. And I find it handy that windows not minimized are there; I can bring obscured windows to the front easily.

Apple does not let you configure too much. I consider adding that to by original post, but it was very long and I don't really do a lot of reconfiguration anyway.

I do this on Mac OS X, but I don't find it necessary on Windows.

Moving it seems unhelpful to me. You can make it small, but then all the icons you must click are small also.

Oh, I *can* manage lots of windows with the Dock; but I find the taskbar preferable.

No. You are not used the new XP start menu- it has a compatibility mode, but by default the XP start menu is not like the Windows 2000 one.

In part, it actually has a dock like flavor- it gives you a quick place to put a small number of applications, apart from the complete list.

Yes; they move on the screen as apps open or windows are minimized.

They maintain their relative position, but not their absolute position.

I was taking a moment out to bash the Apple menu, which can't be customized. :D

Mini menus? The start menu is anything but *mini*.

Are you refering to context menus?

Do you mean the Apple menu? Seems pretty weak to me; by no means everything is there, and there's no customization.

Everything is in the control panel. Yes, task bar prefs are there. Display settings are there. Admin tools are there.

You can *also* access some of these settings with context menus, but that's a shortcut.

I agree that they could be more consistant; I still think it beats Mac OS X though.

You can, of course, get rid of it. Windows is reasonably customizable.