How annoying is the lack of a dock?

I'm considering switching to a C2D MacBook Pro for my primary computer. I actually don't plan to travel that much with it, but one of the things that puts me off is Apple's refusal to create docking stations or port replicators for their laptops. I plan to use mine as a desktop much of the time, but I will do some traveling.

I'm just wondering how annoying it really is to deal with unplugging and connecting lots of cables when going on the road and coming home. If I get the MBP, at home it will be connected to power, 23-inch Cinema Display, USB printer, USB iPod cable, FW800 drives, possibly eSATA drives using an ExpressCard adapter, and audio. This seems like quite a mess of cables to deal with every time I want to go portable.

I plan to use a Bluetooth mouse/keyboard and I could probably put the USB printer and iPod through a hub, but that still leaves 6 cables (power, display, USB hub, FW800 drive, eSATA drives, and audio).

P.S. I know BookEndz is working on an MBP solution, but it looks like a rack designed to torture MacBooks, and I'm not sure how well their products really work. Plus they don't even have a Core Duo solution shipping yet, let alone a Core 2 Duo.