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The New Dell Dock, Huh???

Okay so I have a new Dell Studio Hybrid (Windows Vista). I ran an update the day before yesterday before I shut down. When I started the computer up yesterday, it was slower than a dog. Okay, I told myself, then it was taking forever to load programs and start up completely. So I waited for a while and finally it completed loading entirely. After loading, this "thing" popped up at the top of the desktop. What the heck is this, I said! Looked like some cheap, Mac OS X rip off. Did some research and sure enough it was the new Dell dock that came out with the updates that I had run.

My Experience So Far...

Well so far my experience is not to well. I played around with it for a while and there are some things that are lacking....to say the least.
  1. Some of the icons that are showing by default do not pull up the program, What????
  2. There is no animation when you roll over or even click on the icon.
  3. When you open the programs, they still minimize to the taskbar section.
  4. There is no interaction with the programs through the dock. Merely just a shortcut bar! You still have to use the taskbar to interact.

The ONLY advantage I like so far

There is only one advantage that I do like currently though. Although it doesn't over-weigh the dis-advantages to it, they do get my satisfaction. I like how the dock keeps the programs that you use most frequently in an organized manner. Currently on my laptop, I have about 15-20 icons that I use the most chilling on my screen. With this new dock, you can keep them in the dock section, therefore minimizing the amount of screen "real estate" that is being wasted. If you are like me, I don't like a lot of clutter on my screen. I am a very organized person and clutter just gets crazy for me.

So...

Has your Dell computer or laptop updated and has included this? What is your experience with the dock? Like it? Love it? Hate it? Leave a comment below and let me know! ~ Kyle Reddoch