Disable the dock

[fluffylion]

Does Anyone know a way to disable the dock?

In Lion I would just like to use launchpad from my desktop.
Hiding the dock is not the same as disabling it and making sure it doesn't show up.
eg: perma-hide

If you don't have an answer or anything useful to say. Do the internet a favour and don't post.

 

[btbrossard]

Most users you will find here don't have Lion yet.

In current and past versions of OS X, disabling the dock was not possible. The finder simply would not run without the dock.