Many people ask me if they should switch to Vista. After talking to many organisations which have tried to switch to Vista, I now know why Linux is a better option.
Organisations find that Vista’s hardware requirements is huge and you don’t get any great additional functionality so why spend so much more? The cost is not only in the software upgrades but expensive hardware upgrades. Often the PC may not be upgradable at all and would require buying a new PC.
This is a good opportunity to try Linux on the Desktop. Linux is mature on the desktop, hardware requirements are much lesser and yes now Linux too has all the eye candy that excite end users.
To know more, read this nice article: Five ways Linux is better than Vista