Let's talk future. Will Unity be the bane of Ubuntu? Or will it steal away the show and best Mac and Windows both? Well, it depends. My two cents in this fine review of Unity on Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick, examining the looks and functionality of the new shell on two laptops, including hardware requirements, usability, sidebar features and context menu, inline search, folders, workspaces, transparency, pros and cons, comparison to Gnome Shell, and more.