playBunny: Sorry, that was ambigous. When I said "first presented with any graphical interface" I meant first presented with a graphical interface.

Theres nothing (IMHO) that makes configuring a network with tools like ifconfig any harder than a graphical interface; it's just unfamiliar. With knowledge of how to get help if your stuck (MAN PAGES! They're very good on some OS's ;) (No that's not a snide remark about Windows bad (non-existent?) documentation but a snide remark about another OS). Indeed, I feel ifconfig em0 10.3.1.3 is much simpler than Windows.

But yes, Microsoft doesn't seem to like shell users; it gets worse and worse each release from my very limited experience.