Well finally we migrated to Outlook 2007 - very mickey mouse with all the colours and resembles being back at school using colour blocks.  The ribbons take up far too much room whereas it was more practical to have drop down menus and add other toolbars as and when required.  Why do all the backgrounds have to be so blue and highlighted?  It's blinding.

I requested the full Office 2007 suite be installed on my pc since I am progressing with certification in 2007.  Again too much space taken up with ribbons when I could use the extra space to view and work with documents on screen.

Whilst the functionality may have improved the colour schemes and layout leave a lot to be desired.  In my opinion less professional, less user friendly and more childlike.