Originally posted by jsprogg Also I am not over fond of the command key, why can't they just use Ctrl like a normal OS? Or is it just a self promotion gimmick I wonder. It's pretty much the equivalent of the control key on a PC, yet we have both the command and control keys. Command is usually what you would use to execute a command (shortcut) and control is used for a couple other things, one of them being the ability to right-click by holding control and left clicking.