>>590946Unused screen real estate is wasted screen real estate, unused RAM is wasted RAM, etc. It barely takes any clock cycles, it looks better, it doesn't eat taskbar space (but if you like making your taskbar thicker, that's fine, I guess). Note that I said "it's often better" not always better. I can see a lot of arguments for the quicklaunch bar, though, so I'll change my stance to sometimes better. For me, though, my opinion is that it is better. I have enough space and RAM that I really prefer something to be using it all to increase my productivity even marginally than leave it empty with no benefit.