Why do people use MS-DOS?

Answer 1

There are three main types of people who use MS-DOS today:

1. Enthusiasts - People who enjoy either playing DOS games or DOS programming, and don't want to do so in another way, such as via an emulator.

2. Pragmatists - People who either rely on or don't want to stop using programs they regularly use in MS-DOS.

3. Technicians - Even today, many of the best computer diagnostics programs run via DOS. This is because MS-DOS provides raw access to the hardware, unlike in a protected mode operating

Answer 2

MS-DOS has few practical advantages these days. However, it is relatively small in size, and is universally compatible with all PCs (since it was designed to run on the very first one). It starts up fairly quickly on most hardware, uses little memory, and allows direct access to hardware, unlike most protected mode operating systems today.

Answer 3

There are three main types of people who use MS-DOS today:

1. Enthusiasts - People who enjoy either playing DOS games or DOS programming, and don't want to do so in another way, such as via an emulator.

2. Pragmatists - People who either rely on or don't want to stop using programs they regularly use in MS-DOS.

3. Technicians - Even today, many of the best computer diagnostics programs run via DOS. This is because MS-DOS provides raw access to the hardware, unlike in a protected mode operating system.

Answer 4

Advantages:

DOS is very lightweight and it allows direct access to most hardware.

It does not have the overhead of a multitasking operating system.

Disadvantages:

It is 16-bit and limited to 640k of RAM (this can be overcome with a DOS extender)

It runs in real mode, so a buggy or malicious program can cause corruption.
Disadvantages

1. Its a Single User OS (One User can Work at a time)
2. Its a Single Tasking OS (One application can run at a time)
3. It does not supports Graphics
4. It does not supports Networking
5. We can only make 2GB of Maximum partition as it supports only FAT 16

Advantages

1. Light
2. easily available

Answer 5

1. It is the principle of operating system.
2. It can perform the work faster.
3. It can make different securities code to protect from hacking.

Answer 6

Ms dos is an operating system.