Setting up the system once is only half the problem. Most power users have a whole host of links of tools that they will usually need and install on a new machi

Setting up the system once is only half the problem. Most power users have a whole host of links of tools that they will usually need and install on a new machine, but things get really ugly when your stuff gets out of date and the applications don't update themselves. IMO this is the much harder problem that is solved by package-managers. The Windows Way requires each application to replicate some auto-update process which is a great recipe for disaster.