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I honestly don’t get the fuss about multi-monitor support. Mavericks doesn’t add multi-monitor support, it’s always been there. What Mavericks does is fix multi-monitor behavior for fullscreen applications, which I personally would never use on a display larger than 13" anyway, non-fullscreen behavior hardly changed, so I really don’t understand the big deal.

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A lot of people have macbooks and external secondary displays. Just as you said, these people should be able to go fullscreen on their laptop and still utilize the connected display...

Yes, of course. I didn’t say the feature shouldn’t be there, I said that multi-monitor was broken only for fullscreen, so “Mavericks adds multi-monitor support” is a slight overstatement.

But yeah, I see people have strong feelings about this issue, I just personally don’t get it.

Fixing multi-monitor fullscreen support was my only desired "feature" since they broke it about 4 years ago.

I thought it only broke for fullscreened applications?

I never had any issues with regular multi-monitor setups with any of the recent os upgrades as far as non fullscreen use goes. What was broke there?

Yes, I said fullscreen.

Just making sure I didn't miss anything, thanks!

Ideal uses for full screen on an external monitor: Video, presentations, photo slideshows.

Didn't those applications all already support full screen "the old way"?

Not QuickTime Player, Keynote or iPhoto (All Apple's own software)

Wait, how did one even use Keynote at all if it didn't support full screen presentations?

Not to mention the addition of menu bars on both monitors, and the ability to trivially show the dock on either monitor with a quick flick of the mouse.

It is, I'm told, ideal for paired coding.

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