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Dear OneMan, W10 is a constantly growing product with a very wide scope of functionality. As it evolves, there are many new features added, as well as improvements to the user interface, making it more friendly and easier to utilize whatever features the user needs to use. Many of the powerful features are embedded, well integrated functional applications created by the makers of Windows, itself. This is why so many people select it to support their computing needs. The operating systems for MAC and Apple utilize a UNIX-like foundation with many useful user-centric features on top, making it easy for anyone to use. (Some of us actually find it to be too simple for accomplishing things more easily done on a Windows PC.) On the other hand, the implicit features of UNIX and the LINUX operating systems themselves are fairly static. The only thing that saves that efficient, but rather bare system for use by the non-technically inclined is the utilities and the more friendly GUI’s that have mostly been produced by 3rd party sources. The native command line language is only useful for those who are very interested in the complexity of UNIX management. Otherwise, by itself it is totally beyond the scope of those would like to simply use it to support their applications. Yes, UNIX is a very good OS for use on switches and firewalls. It is very well suited to environments that require strong multi-tasking capability. It is even good for use on servers, but many (like myself,) find that Windows servers are much more flexible, more easily integrated and easier to manage. (And I have built some very large ones.) The old belief was tha UNIX was more stable, but that is no longer the case. As a veteran IT person and programmer, (now retired,) I have had a lot of exposure to UNIX and LINUX for various applications. I even studied it a long time back. I was also a programmer at Atex where the original XYWrite editor environment and functionality actually came from. At Atex it was the system operating system, as well. In its day, ATEX was easily the most powerful platform for supporting the new era of electronic publishing for magazines, books and newspapers. In short, the UNIX platform has evolved very little from its original form. On the other hand, windows has come a long way to become an extremely robust, and stable that is easy to use and capable of also capable of allowing users to become as technical as they wish. The disappearing buttons you refer to are all still there. They have just been reformatted in a much more convenient way as the increasing power of the platform permits. Some people do not like change; it often requires effort to accommodate it. As a result, some people prefer to be closed-minded, scoff at change and remain in the past, convinced they are better off. If you haven’t actually taken the time to notice or appreciate what a great platform Windows has become it is your loss. -- Oh yeah, multiple file rename has been a feature of DOS/Windows for many decades. It is called wild card renames. You can choose to believe what I’ve said or not, as you like. -- This is only my opinion, and that of many millions of others using it today. Philip White Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: flash -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- |