1. It's not a mac-ish taskbar, if anything it's a Windows 7-ish taskbar. If they're trying to chase new trends they're 11 years late ;) 2. You can disable that

1. It's not a mac-ish taskbar, if anything it's a Windows 7-ish taskbar. If they're trying to chase new trends they're 11 years late ;) 2. You can disable that feature and use old-style taskbar. In fact it's a prominent toggle in the first-run config window.