While being expensive and somewhat UNRELIABLE, it is up to the user to get computer literate and keep things in line. Microsoft is a decent system, which I have not found many rip offs with.

FlameYeh, but DOS still rules...   Windows just makes the MONITOR screen look pretty...[size=12]"Can you see through Windows?"

I assume that if I select Yes that means I like Windows. So I did.

Let's face it. Windows has a heckuva lot more freedom than DOS. I learned DOS last year on a whim. It was fairly simple, and I was writing batch files in no time. I made DOS almost as customizable as Windows. But DOS can't access the Internet without Windows. 3D-Rendering is impossible with DOS, and I am a heavy gamer. DOS is incapable of using a Recycle Bin, unless you write a batch file to banish those files to a specific folder. And then you can't Restore items you put there, unless perhaps you write a batch file 50 lines long. Windows has programs that DOS could never do, such as Calculator. The search feature, CHKDSK, is good, except it gets a wee bit irritating if you need to check my 200 GB hard drive. Also, in DOS you can only run one PROCESS at once. I am running Firefox and Windows Media Player right now. That's something else. No music on DOS, or even sound beyond differently-pitched beeps.

Well, that's my 50 cents.[/size]When DOS was in its heyday all of those things could be done, including multi-tasking. There were many excellent utilities that have fallen by the wayside and are no longer available since the advent of Windows. Though DOS does have limitations which Windows seem to overcome, don't under estimate the power of the OS. Windows has its own limitations, and much of those ACT to limit the power of the user.