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General discussionWhy DOS is better than WINDOWS 10(81 posts)(81 posts)
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Posted March 11, 2016
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Darvond: This Windows 10 F/U/D is getting tiring.

It's far more stable than Windows Vista
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vv221: Thank you for the good laugh ;)
Has any Windows version been more unstable at launch than Vista? (true question, I didn’t try any Windows version published after Windows 7)
No,but some went close.
Posted March 11, 2016
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rtcvb32: EVERYTHING was inaccessible on Windows 8, or seemed that way.

I have no doubt they have ways to start the commandline in windows 10, but it's not going to be one of the base applications like it used to be where it was under the base program files listing. Worse probably if you have a laptop or tablet that runs windows 10, since it's useless to you overall.
I have it pinned to the taskbar in Windows 8, and calling it up in the first place was as simple as typing 'cmd'. That's not what I'd consider inaccessible. Maybe I'm just not emotionally invested enough in the version war to see the problem here.
Post edited March 11, 2016 by Darling_Jimmy
Posted March 11, 2016
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vv221: Thank you for the good laugh ;)
Has any Windows version been more unstable at launch than Vista? (true question, I didn’t try any Windows version published after Windows 7)
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Tauto: No,but some went close.
ME is a contender.
Posted March 11, 2016
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dewtech: Far Manager
Batch files work
It's stable when you know your gpedit.msc
File searching works, lrn2index
vmware for 3.11
isn't spyware, go and learn some networking then log all network traffic and check it yourself
Powershell is awesome compared to old cmd (although it's on older versions aswell, but not so integrated that you can switch cmd with powershell)
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Maighstir: And CMD.EXE, in turn, is quite a bit better than COMMAND.COM was.
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rtcvb32: EVERYTHING was inaccessible on Windows 8, or seemed that way.

I have no doubt they have ways to start the commandline in windows 10, but it's not going to be one of the base applications like it used to be where it was under the base program files listing. Worse probably if you have a laptop or tablet that runs windows 10, since it's useless to you overall.
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Maighstir: Oh? I just hit the Windows key, type "CMD", and hit return. (Same method as how I've launched every application since Vista and the start menu search appeared. In 2000 and XP I, of course, had to hit WinKey-R, then type "CMD" and hit return. Why bother messing around with a pointing device when the keyboard is much more efficient?)
Just win+x and select command prompt or powershell (depends of your settings, you can replace cmd with powershell there)
MAGIC!!
Hurr durr i am of mouse and cant use same old shortcuts that have been in place since 2000
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Posted March 11, 2016
Oh yeah, juggling with EMS and XMS usage in order to be able to play a game, and manually configuring your SoundBlaster (IRQ 5 or 7?)... Those were the days indeed!
Posted March 11, 2016
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vv221: (…) Vista disastrous launch (…)
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Crispy78: ME is a contender.
I’ll trust you on this, I actually only used 98 and XP for extended periods of time ;)

But I still remember that Vista launch has been a really good time for the sells of computers with pre-installed Ubuntu.
Posted March 11, 2016
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dewtech: Just win+x and select command prompt or powershell (depends of your settings, you can replace cmd with powershell there)
MAGIC!!
Hurr durr i am of mouse and cant use same old shortcuts that have been in place since 2000
Or that. To each their own. Regardless, a command-line window isn't far off if you have a desktop version of Windows.

Of course, in 2035 Microsoft may very well have switched all servers over to Linux and all clients to Windows Phone while the Windows desktop, movable application windows, and manually managing files are but memories so it'll all be moot except for us old farts that save ancient machines for nostalgia's sake and in order to educate the kids about the history of computer use.
Post edited March 11, 2016 by Maighstir
Posted March 11, 2016
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KasperHviid: - To turn off DOS, you don’t have to do any fancy-pant shit like “close down the OS” - no, you simply cut the power!
No, don't forget to PARK it first!
Posted March 11, 2016
DOS makes you wonder if in the Spanish-speaking countries they think that before DOS there was UNO.
Posted March 11, 2016
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Tauto: No,but some went close.
Well, there was ME, but that's practically as much as an unproduct as Microsoft Bob.
Posted March 11, 2016
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KasperHviid: On top of my head:

- In DOS, file search worked.
- To turn off DOS, you don’t have to do any fancy-pant shit like “close down the OS” - no, you simply cut the power!
- DOS has more mature file copying with Norton Commander.
- DOS can run Windows 3.11
- Batch files.
- DOS is stable enough to be used by NASA (a DOS glitch nearly killed Mars Rover, though)
- Not spyware.
- DOS can run Quarantine.
But its missing so much functionality we really need:
- Targeted Advertising
- Tracking software
- Broken historical DRM
- New DRM
- Online only software
- Games for Windows L̶i̶v̶e̶ Dead
- Emoticons, Twatter, DickBook etc.
- Social gaming

/sarcasm
Posted March 11, 2016
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Darvond: This Windows 10 F/U/D is getting tiring.

It's far more stable than Windows Vista ever was and has far less issues than I've seen in an OS.
Don't worry, haters gonna hate.
Posted March 11, 2016
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zeroxxx: Don't worry, haters gonna hate.
Good thing we have faithful fans like you then, with pertinent arguments ;)
Post edited March 11, 2016 by vv221
Posted March 11, 2016
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Tauto: No,but some went close.
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Crispy78: ME is a contender.
Yes,but Vista was the biggest piece of crap that they produced and it was supposed to be a new age ''wonder''.
Blunder would be a better title.
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Tauto: No,but some went close.
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Darvond: Well, there was ME, but that's practically as much as an unproduct as Microsoft Bob.
Never heard that term but it sounds like ''Bob the Builder''.
Post edited March 11, 2016 by Tauto
Posted March 11, 2016
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vv221: Good thing we have faithful fans like you then, with pertinent arguments ;)
I'm way too good to be spending my arguments with unreasonable guys. You, maybe?
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