THAT'S NOT YOUR DESKTOP.
Since I never get to touch my houses computer, my iPod touch is my laptop.
So you do not have to deal with Win+M or minimizing everything Docks can be shown on any window level unless fullscreen.Who needs to open other programs while in-game?
Then use quicklaunch in the taskbar. But if I see a dock in Windows 7, I'll rage, unless their reasoning is good.
It's not a laptop.
Use stack docklet