With as many things as you can cover on that topic, about both sides, 1200 words sounds like an easy task. Altho, i'm sure i'd probally take that back if it was my job to do that.
I've tried ubuntu before, it was pretty cool. Probably my favorite of the linux distros I've used. It was easy to use and I thought it was pretty interesting.
Anyways, here are some screenshots of my vista install