Power Downloader discovers RocketDock
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CNET Networks)
Power Downloader is a lifelong Windows PC user, but he has a lot of respect for those who use other operating systems. Power knows that it's not as important what kind of computer you use as it is the software you choose to run on it. He has even admitted to Kitty Kilobyte in the past that both Mac and Linux operating systems are as attractive as they are functional.
That's why Power Downloader was pleased with an e-mail he received from Kitty Kilobyte the other day with a special program for his Windows PC. Kitty explained she had found a utility that could bring a very Mac-like launcher to his Windows desktop. After a quick download and install, Power immediately liked what he saw.
Choose from several different skins to make RocketDock match your desktop.
(Credit: CNET Networks)RocketDock behaves much like the Mac OS X Dock. Its smoothly crafted icons sit in a skinnable Dock interface that can be "stuck" to any side of Power's desktop for instant launching of programs. He can minimize Web pages and documents to RocketDock, make the icons "bounce" as the program launches, and he can drag icons to reorder them, just like on Mac OS X. It even offers the zooming mouse-over effect for icons. Though it's not quite as smooth as its Mac OS X counterpart, RocketDock is easily the best in its class for functionality and customizablity on Windows. It comes with several skins and icon variations so Power can match RocketDock perfectly to his desktop and he can get more skins and icons at the developer's Web site. Perhaps best of all, RocketDock is absolutely free.
Power Downloader's main super power is finding the most efficient software for any situation. But Power knows sometimes software can be both useful and provide a pleasing interface. With RocketDock, Power gets the Mac-like functionality and intuitive interface for launching programs, which he can customize to fit any desktop style.
Jason Parker writes software reviews and features for Windows, Mac, and iPhone. If he learned to dance, it would make him a fabled "quadruple threat," but we can't get him to do it. 
One example of a much more useful graphical program launcher, also freeware, is 8Start Launcher (reviewed in post #25 of my blog), and I'm sure there are others.
I hope this is helpful.
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It's like a ferrari is a ferrari and a bicycle is .... well only a bycicle.
It's like wearing a fake rolex. You want your sistem to look like a MAC; buy a bloody mac. Trust me you WON'T regret it
It's not as if Windows doesn't come with its own "dock" built in; it's called the Quick Launch toolbar, and it's eminently usable. It lives on the taskbar and takes up exactly NO additional screen space, so you can max out your windows and STILL have instant access to your most used apps. Not to mention that a single click on the Start button give you single-click access to the last ten (or however many you'd like) apps that have been run, and that same click and a mouse hover will do the same for recently opened documents of ANY kind. And need I point out that the buttons on the taskbar are a FAR more obvious and intuitive GUI for switching between apps? Probably do, so there it is.
What, you want mounds and mounds of eye candy? Go to Stardock.com, they'll hook you up. Very tasty stuff and easy to run as well. You want a logical, intuitive interface that lets you get things done, largely stays out of your way and "just works?" Plain ol' Windows'll do you just fine. Get a clue, think for yourself and ignore the propaganda.
- by 6Cra6Zy6 December 13, 2007 1:16 AM PST
- both windows and mac s*ck. windows is a resource hog,whether physical or virtual...we clearly saw how vista is!!! however, i saw on the web that the final version of vista should take less space but i don't know if it is true. now mac on the other hand is more powerful but has restricted capabilities (less program work on, it most likely those developed specially by apple itself). linux is extremely light and doesn't need much resources but always have to create a virtual drive to store data and it's interface is BAD!!! however it is worth combining all of them to get a different 'product', and with this prog, some features from mac is going to windows which is putting windows ahead of the game......continue supporting micro$oft. : (
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