Ok, Im interested, but be honest. Whats the downside?
You may not be able to replace some of your specialized applications that are designed to run on the Windows OS. But most Linux distributions come with several word processors, spreadsheets, web browsers, and email applications. There’s even a freeware work-alike for Quicken. But, if you must have your Microsoft-based application, you can set up the computer to have both Windows and Linux installed, so that you can either boot to one OS or the other, or you can install a commercial product, VMware, to allow both OSs to run simultaneously.
