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There are many reasons I love my Apple iMac. One of the reasons is that it’s a sleek looking, fast and stable machine that’s remarkably compact and portable (I’m in a coffee shop using mine now). The other reason is the fantastic software that’s available for it. Years ago, the lack of quality software was what turned people off buying an Apple computer. I’ve used Windows for many years and Apple for about 2, and I can honestly say that the quality of software for Apple far surpasses most of the equivalent software for Windows - based machines. I’m not talking about the extra software that you buy, either. The standard of software that comes with your average Apple computer is so much better than what’s bundled with Windows (admittedly, I haven’t had a good look at Vista yet) that there’s really no comparison.

One of the little magical programs that comes with all Apple machines is an application called ‘expose’. This sanity saver allows you to see all your running windows, all at once by ‘zooming’ out. The best part of Expose is that you can activate it by simply moving your mouse to a screen corner (set up by you). For someone like me who regularly has 25 or more windows open at once, this keeps me from going crazy. Switching to that one tiny document in the one program you opened 4 hours ago is as simple as a swipe to the right corner and a click. That’s it. Swipe click. Swipe click. It takes all of 1 second to do.
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