[joshguthrie]

True. I had used cmd for about 15 years before that, so while using "cd" or "dir" and the classic lingo was okay, doing everything rails-related in CLI just felt..clunky: "why would you have such a bad interface? EasyPHP does everything just fine with a GUI!". Had I known CLI could be more intuitive (hello pipes!), I'd have looked up for a better alternative sooner =)

[w0rd-driven]

RailsInstaller does a really good job now. Windows now feels second class but that's much better than 4th-5th-good luck getting anything to run. I see more people in the #RoR Irc channel admit to using windows so its gaining traction. I don't think it'll ever be 1:1 and I have a Linux host for a reason but it isn't a jarring experience anymore for sure.