ORAC,
Congratulations on your new MacBook Pro.
Safari's logic is such that if you press the green button, the page will go to the size necessary to show the page in its entirety. Most webpages don't require full-screen browsing (the
Apple website is a good example of this). Thus, Safari's logic is to conserve screen space, rather than have lots of empty space rendered on your screen. The green button toggles between this setting and the last one you set. To get "full screen" browsing, you will have to drag out the window at the bottom right and quit Safari with the window set like this for it to be saved as the toggle setting. It's just a different way of doing things from Windows, one aimed at making the most of limited screen "real estate."
If you're still not convinced, you can put this piece of javascript as a bookmark onto your bookmarks bar instead which will make it a full screen browsing experience:
javascript
:self.moveTo(0,0);self.resizeTo(screen.availWidth, screen.availHeight);
To sort out favourites, click on the bookmarks icon on your bookmarks bar; it looks like an open book. Alternatively, the key shortcut to that page is alt-Apple-B
If you get the
Apple Mighty Mouse, you get four buttons, a 360º trackball for scrolling and the drivers are built into the system already. It also comes in a bluetooth version, which pairs seamlessly with your MacBook Pro.
Applemacster