Is there a way on a mac ?

Question

on a mac is there a way where if you get an email it tells you from your desktop that you have an emailll

Answer 1

Or if you use gmail, get Google Notifier

http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/n...

Answer 2

You can set Apple Mail to start automatically upon login. Once it is running, it will immediately tell you if you have new mail.

It does not tell you from the desktop, but from the dock, which is comparable to the task bar in windows.