You need to keep one windows machine around until you die for apps which need it, that’s it.
That's what I thought for years.
I was dead wrong.
I'm on the wife's computer right now, on which I installed Linux Mint.
I did it because she's perpetually getting into trouble,
and I thought the security of Linux might free up some of my spare time.
I do it all, graphics, business, you name it, and I love it.
Nothing this little puter with Linux can't do.
I'm spending more time on it than I do on my own anymore.
There is a learning curve and you have to invest some time into it,
but I did and haven't regretted it yet.
As far as apps go, for every great app that runs on Windoze, Linux has two that are better.
Roger that. I have Windows 7, now just for iTunes and my TomTom's software. I boot it maybe once a month. Otherwise I've been using Linux (various distros) as my primary OS for 5+ years now. If and when these run under Wine or come out with a native Linux version, I won't need to boot Win 7 at all.
I've pretty well settled on Ubuntu, but I also like Red Hat and Simply Mepis. I will say that Win 7 is not bad. I dual boot this PC and Win 7 boots about as fast as the latest Ubuntu.