Personally, when running older games, Linux with Wine is compatible with more games than Windows. Most of the focus of Wine is making the new Windows games work on Linux (esp. WoW, etc.).
I have a quad-boot (Fedora, Windows, AROS and Amiga Forever(KX Light), and I almost NEVER boot directly into the other partitions. If I really need to use Windows, I boot it in the VM. If I want to test the latest version of AROS, I point the VM at its ISO. I usually just run the latest version of eUAE configured to point to the AF directory when I want to use PPaint, etc.
So, the only times I EVER boot into Windows, for any reason, is to play the few games which need direct access to the graphics card and don't work with Wine (yet). And that's almost never (I like 'Classic' games).
On the Windows as future OS front, I tried the beta of Windows Server 2008 recently (will play with a bit more soon) and find that it feels IDENTICAL to Windows Server 2003. Sure, I know it is different, but it feels the same.
So, I think Windows is stagnating again. Linux is great, and easy to make your primary OS. But, if you need to use MS' products (Office?), install Windows as a VM. Actually, having browser windows and stuff outside of Windows that I can force to stay on top and still work in Windows is one of the greatest time-savers I've ever come across (since my old Amiga's peripherals keep croaking...).
I think most people's issue with Linux these days is ignorant defiance. It has always been the 'difficult' Unix-like OS that only geeks used, and that is how the predjudice will remain for some time to come.
jaminJay
"Rambling, as usual."
