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What possible reasons can be there for me to upgrade my intranet to SP 2010 from MOSS 2007. Are there some big leaps in functionality and/or performance?

A: 

For users:

  • Better UI (Ribbon, Silverlight, improved theming)
  • Improved non-IE browsers support

For developers:

  • Major improvement in development tools (in VS2010)
  • Silverlight support
  • Client object model
  • Development dashboard

For admins:

  • Improved Central Administration
  • Improved logging
  • Resource throttling (large lists)
  • Best Practices Analyzer
  • Requires more hardware (especially RAM)
cement
A: 

In addition to what cement has said,

For Users:

  • Social integration in MySites
  • Enterprise content management improvements (tagging).
  • Better cross-browser improvements.
Peter Walke