As opposed to doing what? Using a GUI editor? Using emacs? vim is just as likely to be on any linux/os x box today as vi was to be on any UNIX box when you wer

As opposed to doing what? Using a GUI editor? Using emacs? vim is just as likely to be on any linux/os x box today as vi was to be on any UNIX box when you were learning vi, and it's still very powerful today.