I prefer the Unix command line everywhere. MSYS gives you a Unix shell, and all the Unix tools, built right on top of win32. I haven't used it in years, but I understand Cygwin is quite a bit heavier.
The cmd.exe terminal is atrocious. Even if you don't want to use Bash, Console2 gives you things like tabs, and you can resize the window normally.
tldr; It's not slower, it doesn't involve more typing, it gives you a sane Unix command-line experience on Windows.
The cmd.exe terminal is atrocious. Even if you don't want to use Bash, Console2 gives you things like tabs, and you can resize the window normally.
tldr; It's not slower, it doesn't involve more typing, it gives you a sane Unix command-line experience on Windows.