Illustrator CS6: resizing artboard - x y dimensions box missing

Hi,
first of all: I am NOT referring to the dimension boxes on the toolbar.
I'm learning Illustrator CS6 and I've got a document with some artboards.    I select the Artboard tool and resize the artboard without any issues.  However, I've seen lots of videos where a little box shows while the artboard is being resized and it shows X:... Y:...
I don't have that.   Hope this is making sense.
I have googled this extensively but no luck.
Is it a Mac-specific feature?  I'm using Windows 7.
How do I turn it on?
thx
David

Feature is on both Win & Mac
View >> Smart Guides
You probably have the defaults so should work. If not edit your smart guide preferences and add checkmarks I have.

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