Editing DOS Shell (section)

==Shortcomings==
DOS Shell was incapable of full [[computer multitasking|multitasking]]. It supported rudimentary task switching; it could switch between programs running in [[random-access memory|memory]], at the cost of performance hit. However, all the running programs had to fit into [[conventional memory]] area, as there was no support for [[swapping (computing)|swapping]] to disk.

In time, [[Windows 3.1x]], with its own graphical user interface, became much more popular among computer users. Windows was capable of multitasking. System performance was much higher, with complete access to [[extended memory]].