The learning curve of vim was pretty steep, but once over the hump you get some massive benefits. That said, I bet I'm only using 1% of the available commands.
Going back to Windows makes you really appreciate the speed of bash, vim and grep.
Going back to Windows makes you really appreciate the speed of bash, vim and grep.
When I have to use Windows, one of the first things I always do is to install cygwin, so I can use bash, grep, etc.
ipconfig | grep IP
Yes, ultimately it's still a windows box and cygwin's distribution definitely isn't on par with ubuntu or fedora. It's not going to be cutting edge and there will be difficulties integrating with hardware and the windows environment. It's generally not a good choice for running desktop apps or servers, and will probably require some extra work to set up a serious development environment.
But if you have other reasons to use windows (Outlook calendar, games, etc.), cygwin makes it a LOT more tolerable.