[lstamour]

Yeah, I know it's possible with adding, I've tried Console2 and ConEmu before. But I'd like it to just work out of the box with no extra software, as it does on Mac or Linux. Until Windows 10, that terminal hadn't changed since NT days...

[ygra]

You can use the PowerShell ISE. Which has tabs and you can just hide the script pane to get only the console itself. Startup time is a bit hefty, but if you have tabs you probably create new tabs way more often than the tab container.

Especially for PowerShell the whole problem that Console2, etc. have is trivial, as you have an API to create a host application instead of relying on polling a hidden console window. The console host is just one of those hosts.

[emodendroket]

I'm drawing a blank on the specifics but some things will work in the PowerShell prompt that won't work in the ISE.

[ygra]

Programs that want access to the actual console. E.g. for interactive input, moving the cursor around, etc.