I prefer M-x shell - simple bash syntax and full emacs editing capabilities. But it's also painfully slow. Typing ls -l in the wrong directory and I'm tempted

I prefer M-x shell - simple bash syntax and full emacs editing capabilities. But it's also painfully slow. Typing ls -l in the wrong directory and I'm tempted to kill the buffer. On the other hand, this encourages me to use M-x dired which is way better anyway.