{sigh}. Despite promising myself never to go over too far to the dark side, there are some aspects of OSX I’m loving and missing very much on the Windows machines I use. Some things I definitely am not happy about (the lack of a proper blogging client, for one), but here’s a few things I’ve twisted Windows into doing (or tried to) to mimic the capabilities of my Macbook. There was a recent Lifehacker post that inspired this one…

1. Switcher / Expose clone. Much more practical than ALT-TAB, simple, small third party app.
2. Two finger scrolling. The simple app doesn’t work on 64bit Windows 7 but I’m trying to mess around with this Synaptics touchpad hack – apparently despite the fact that most new PC touchpads are capable of multitouch gestures they are frequently locked out of using them!

Things I’d like to bring over….

1. App store. I have to go through a manual FIlehippo trawl to keep my PC software up to date.
2. Pinch to zoom etc., (which, infuriatingly, doesn’t work with Microsoft Mac applications)
3. Sparrow!!! One of the most popular search terms on this blog is “Sparrow for Windows” so I know I’m not the only one. C’mon you guys!
4. The instant sleep / wake and long battery life of OSX, and near instant boot time on the SSD

Things I’m not a fan of:

1. Network settings on OSX. Feels too fiddly, locked down.
2. New shortcuts. I’m starting to muddle Windows and Mac shortcuts, forgetting which is which
3. Lack of decent, affordable blogging clients
4. Resizing windows from any side. We had to wait through 7 iterations of OSX for that?

If you could create the bastard love child of Windows and OSX, what would you put in it?