Dock the Mini Player (just a good idea)

It would be nice to dock the mini Player like the one in "Windows XP" so you can use the "auto hide and show” on the dock and not have the mini player show on top of other windows and get in the way. I just wanted to share my thoughts and see how you felt and if you have and programming skills to make this possible it would be great, or if some one from apple read this and put it in a update but I guess I can keep dreaming.

I haven't noticed any slowdown since upgrading to iOS 5.1.
I think some of the slowdown issues may have to with things like what capacity iPad you have?
I have an iPad1(soon to be a New iPad owner) that is the 32 GB model and have not had any type of
performance hit. I make sure not many background applications are running. I only have notifications turned on for certain apps and not globally. My iPad is a WiFi only model. Unless I need it, I, also, turn off Location Services.
If anything, I have less app crashes, too! Especially either in my browser of choice or Safari.
Many apps are more stable now, but also many app updates are bloated up larger now to accomodate to New iPad's Retina Display which the old iPad's can't take advantage of.
IMHO, the update is very much worth doing.
Have had this iPad for two years and this will get handed down to my girlfriend once I receive and setup my new iPad.
The original still works great, but with all of the improvements and the fact that I really need the max storage capacity of the 64GB model for my creative and media watching/listening needs.
It is ironic that a device and technology that is still evolving that the very first iPad would be now considered obsolete only after two years.
At least the OS can still be updated and can run on the "original" iPad. That's gotta say something about how useful the original iPad still is.
I figure my girlfriend will get, at least, another two years use out of this before she'll have to take the plunge and get herself her own iPad.
My "older" iPad will be my girfriend's first introduction to Apple. She has never used any Apple product or computer in her past.
I am hoping she'll like the iPad, over time.
Sorry. Got a little off-topic.

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