kony writes:

It is techincally superior only in certain contexts.

It's technically superior in just about every way.

You are biased. Use of MS-DOS environment shows it.

I've been working with computers too long and in too many ways to be
biased.

There's nothing wrong with using a more streamlined
environment for tasks that don't require a more complex one.

Sure, but single-tasking is rare for users today. A few people might
want to run only one program or game, but most want to use their
computers for more than one thing.

Better than what?

Better than Windows 9x.

not supported by any evidence

I've seen it again and again.

There were a lot of reasons including rapid hardware
evolution vs driver support, but in general, no the problem
was NOT "barely sufficient to run it", not at all. NT ran
ok on 32MB memory and a pentium 1, there was no pressing
need for faster hardware at that time, NT could have been
the choice up until Win2K.

It _was_ the choice, for me.

Somewhat true but a pretty big stretch for many users who
have 9x.

Yes, but as soon as they upgrade, 9x will start to choke, because
software is continuously bloating, and many modern versions of popular
software are too bloated to run well on 9x.

I installed Acrobat 7.x a week ago. Acrobat 4.x occupied 44 MB on
disk. Acrobat 7.x occupies 760 MB.

Remember I'm not suggesting buying 9x new today
for a new system, rather it is typically what is already ON
a system and being used already.

Any system that is working acceptably should not be modified.

Actually, no. There is a certain amount of caching and
hardware driver support necessary that 9x does provide and
DOS does not.

The same can be said of NT and its successors in comparison to 9x.

Why?

Because then it runs a lot slower.

You have to try hard to stretch things to make a point.

I'm not stretching things. A lot of users have dozens of applications
open at one time. There is a tendency to open applications and leave
them open until the computer is shut down.

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