My parents own a small construction company and about 5 years ago I transferred their e-mail in the same fashion you are planning now. It's nice not to have to worry about the infrastructure and to get all the bonus features for free. I know have employees accessing e-mail quickly from mobile devices, any computer with Internet access, etc.
I also really like the UI. One other point worth noting about the Gmail UI is that you can actually bring in mail from other accounts. I also have other accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.) and I linked them all into the one mailbox and label any messages coming in from those sources to automatically distinguish the origin.
Jake,
My parents own a small construction company and about 5 years ago I transferred their e-mail in the same fashion you are planning now. It's nice not to have to worry about the infrastructure and to get all the bonus features for free. I know have employees accessing e-mail quickly from mobile devices, any computer with Internet access, etc.
I also really like the UI. One other point worth noting about the Gmail UI is that you can actually bring in mail from other accounts. I also have other accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.) and I linked them all into the one mailbox and label any messages coming in from those sources to automatically distinguish the origin.