The message XFMail.050408203946.Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk from (Ted Harding) Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk contains these words:
/snip of 'desktops' use/
There are many other advantages of multiple workspaces (OK desktops if you prefer), but the above illustrates the reasons why I find them so convenient.
Yes, fine. You can though, even in Windows, get the same results in most programs just by minimising one document and opening another, minimise that, etc.
Which is more-or-less the same thing by a different door.
How many Windows could cope with before falling over is anyone's guess though.