@kev2: Smart.

The Mac needs Autohotkey. These little text expanders are toys in comparison. One of the things I'd like to see is the ability to tab through variables like textmate snippets.

@Gregg Symington: Well put summary of the problem. Besides features are only some of the factors that make a great device. There are many aspects that are much more subjective or difficult to quantify such as build quality, and the feel of the os, general quality of the available apps, etc.

@Whitson Gordon: Cool. Thanx.

@Whitson Gordon: I guess that's true that you need to be in a service aware app for services shortcuts to work. So they won't be global. They won't work in the likes of Firefox or Chrome, which are bad os x citizens. I found the latest QS is working great for me. I did have some issues at the start with it, but I went…

Just curious about the Hackentosh and whether 1) you find it stable, and 2) whether you can connect more than one external display to it easily.

My favorite shortcuts are QS triggers I've set up to bring Finder forward and to start a new Finder window, similar to the windows E keyboard shortcut. This should be built in. These are just scripts assigned to QS triggers, but I could have made them into services via Automator and assigned shortcuts that way.

You can also assign shortcut keys by adding your scripts to Automator services, since you can assign shortcuts to any service through the keyboard preference pane and then you don't need to rely on QS. Personally I love QS in SL. It's been pretty solid. I'm careful not to enable plugins I don't need or add themes. Use…

@Lula Mae Broadway: Don't believe anyone that says QS is dead. A huge number of Mac users use it every day. Make sure you have the latest version and only enable the plugins you need.

Over the life of the drive that could amount to a decent savings, especially considering prices are only going up on power.

I guess it's giving back what is taken away, since readability and other adblocking technology, much as we all love it, unfortunately ultimately hurts writers. Who knew; writers apparently need to eat too! Get the shocking facts right here on LH.

Readdledocs is the best PDF reader. No lag, highlighting, save webpages to PDF, full dropbox integration, slick interface. Makes Goodreader look like dog.

@Hvedhrungr: Agreed

@roher4: I tried it but if you're less of a mouse person I find it's a bit limiting. Check out shift instead or Divvy.

@Kevin Purdy: Ok, will check it out seems like it does pretty much the same thing with less customization (not alway a bad thing) and free. I must have missed the post on it. The other thing I got out of your post was the Chrome add-on for links. Also on my review list. Good post.

Check out Divvy on the Mac for window management. Seems to be the best way to go if you're keyboard oriented.

One of the most useful command line tips and tricks I've come across. Great use if clear examples. A model of perspicuity. Keep em coming.

I just use the bookmarks bar in safari to take me to sites I frequent and I search from there. It's free, fully customizable and no ads! Oh and wikipanion takes you straight to wikipedia. It's a thing of beauty. Check out DuckDuckGo's search app btw.

@cha0tic: I suppose I would have thought the same thing before I actually used it and knew anything about it. It has a unix code base. You can actually run Linux or Unix apps on it. The idea that OS X is an os that does everything for you is no more true than any other os, but that's up to the user. Of course you have…

@cha0tic: It's true they are the same guts, but they have far better resale value all the same. Besides the machine is more than just guts. Its more than the sum of its internal parts. You've got the issue of casing the parts, and having a good os. Personally I love the Unix code base a lot more than Windows. Of…