Mine came with the dev tools on the install DVD - I'm surprised you had to resort to downloading?
But yes, the Mac seems to do the best job of a desktop of any of the things I've seen lately (XP, KDE; and Gnome but less recently). The dock in particular seems to be a simpler and better implementation of the notion of a pile of icons and things at the bottom of the screen than the alternatives I've encountered.
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Mine came with the dev tools on the install DVD - I'm surprised you had to resort to downloading?
But yes, the Mac seems to do the best job of a desktop of any of the things I've seen lately (XP, KDE; and Gnome but less recently). The dock in particular seems to be a simpler and better implementation of the notion of a pile of icons and things at the bottom of the screen than the alternatives I've encountered.