There is indeed marked differences between unix terminals - xterm is blazingly fast. Do the same test the author did with xterm and with another terminal and you'll see significant differences. cmd may just be a slow terminal masking actual windows speed.
I will never, ever understand the downmodding on this site. There is no particular opinion in this statement - it's an informative statement that the speed of your terminal can matter. I find it strange that on a site claiming to be for hackers that a fairly opinion-free comment on terminal speed differences gets downmodded.
It's hard to keep a thick skin about having your voice diminished when even your informative, unopinionated stuff gets shut down.
