Moving files and folders in Finder:  any options to simply cut & paste?

My apologies if this has been asked before: I did a search but couldn't find a straight answer.
I'm a new PC-to-Mac convert, but I'm having trouble rearranging files and folders using the drag and drop method. Back in the windows world, I could select multiple files and folders, <ctrl> X to cut, then <ctrl> V to paste in a new location.
Is there any similar method in Finder, other than copying, pasting then deleting the originals?
tia for any advice!

I have the same question as at the top of this thread, and I want to make sure I understand the answer independent of the discussion of cut/paste nomenclature.
I have a file or files somewhere on my harddrive. I would like to move them to some other location on my harddrive using the Finder without touching the mouse. Basically I want the Finder equivalent of the UNIX mv command. As far as I can tell from playing with files and from this thread, the way to do this in Finder is the following:
1. Highlight the file or files you want to move.
2. Type command-C.
3. Navigate to the destination folder.
4. Type command-V.
5. Navigate back to the original folder from step 1.
6. Highlight the files from step 1 again.
7. Type command-delete.
Steps 5-7 seem so needlessly clunky that I feel like there must be a better way to do it that I'm overlooking. As far as I can tell you have to do it this way. (You can't, for instance, type command-delete right after doing the copy in step 2, because this removes the files from the clipboard.) For my money, Microsoft Explorer does have the better user scenario for the keyboard-only-file-move task, regardless of whether you dislike the reuse of the "cut" metaphor.
But Apple vs. Microsoft religious wars are beside the point here. I just want to make sure that I've understood the design of Finder correctly. Is there an easier way to move files in the Finder without touching the mouse, or do I have to install 3rd party software like the kind mentioned upthread?

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