[morning]

Hi,
Sorry if this is a silly question, but I am thinking about buying a mac tomorrow and I only know how to use a pc. I am used to doing many things at once and being able to use the taskbar at the bottom of the screen to flit between applications or windows. it seems as though you have to minimize the window you are working in in order for it to show up in your dock taskbar. Can you adjust the settings to make each window appear in the taskbar without having to minimize them?
When I opened the internet explorer browser, (no firefox) and opened new windows, I had to minimize them in order to have them represented on the taskbar.
I did see the enable tab option in safari, but this pales in comparison.