Photoshop was better on the Mac because it was 64-bit and the Win version was 32 bit, much much faster for image manipulation. Now they've completely swapped that, the Mac version is 32 bit and slow as fuck while the windows version is 64 and faster I like the layout much better on the Mac, all the useful toolbars and windows are right up at the top with the menu.

Might I recommend autohiding the dock?