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1. hit the green once and the window goes small. hit it again and the window gets bigger, use the lined thingy in the bottom right to resize it as big as you want.
>edit: In fact, I don't really use the green buttons. they seem to adjust windows somehow. Just stick with the resizer in teh bottom right.w


2. That PC comes with no screen, it's not an all in one unit, it's fugly, it's an HP, its not a mac and it doesn't run OS X. Is that enough?

 

1. That's the way OSX works it resizes windows to what it believes are appropriate, rather than full screening. Some like this feature, some don't, but its just the way it is with OSX. FWIW you get used to it pretty quickly and it is handier for dragging and dropping.

2. iMacs have been on the market a fair time with the same configuration, and are due an update, so they don't represent quite as good value as they did when released. You are also paying for styling. However, the one you linked to doesn't have a monitor, so you'd have to budget for that too.

 

it is how OS X works, not maximizing windows
and trust me, it is a lot better that way!
when you have a monitor with an insane resolution, you hardly ever need to go full screen and it's always handier to have a few windows lying around there...
don't let that detter you from getting a mac
and as far as the price is concerned, yes, macs may be a bit more expensive, but you get what you pay for dude, hassle free enjoyment!
i've had my powerbook for over a year now and am never going back to windows and pcs, EVER!

 

It toggles between optimized (for content) and whatever your last resize was.

 

'Cause OS X ain't Windows. I suppose it's a matter of taste, but really, there's no need....

--Eric

 

OS X doesn't maximise windows to fill up your screen because I think it was designed so you can work with different windows open and quickly switch between them. ala Exposé

 

1. Macs have had that feature since the early days of the Lisa..

2. OK. If you think that warrants using Windows Vista then by all means go ahead and get it.

 

Why would you want to maximize a window to be larger than it needs to be?
Have you ever maximized in Windows on cnn.com? See all that white space to the right? There's no need for it.

 

As someone who used to have their browser maximized at all times on the Windows PC, I can say that it is very likely with OS X you will stop maximizing windows and wonder how the hell you ever did that. I can't use a windows machine with the windows maximized now--I feel boxed in and claustrophobic. OS X forces you to learn to use the window at the size it is needed, and that's a good thing.