The Switch from Outlook to Google

I have long been a fan and supporter of all things Google. I'm not necessarily a Microsoft-hater, but Outlook has been testing my patience as of late. I currently use Gmail to check 3 gmail accounts and my university alumni account through a POP3 server. In my perfect world it would also check my hotmail account, but Mr. Gates isn't letting that happen any time soon.

Outlook is used for my work email, work/personal calendar, work/personal contacts, Blackberry sync, and password storage. In an effort to simplify my life I decided to move my work email to Gmail, and these are some of the challenges I encountered along the way:

1. Email: Some email comes into my Inbox and gets sorted via Outlook Rules. I'm losing that in Gmail. But since the reason I sort is ultimately to organize my emails so I can find them in the future, I don't really need to do it anymore - Gmail has far superior searching capabilities than Outlook. I have a fancy signature for my work email, and I can't seem to replicate it in Gmail. Might have to cut'n'paste it...arg!
   
2. Calendar: Automatic birthdays,Colour coding items, Link to Blackberry
   
3. Contacts: Link to Blackberry, Easy export
   
4. Tasks: Used only in conjunction with my CRM; will be replaced within SalesForce
   
5. Passwords: Currently stored in "Notes" section;Not great for security but convenient because exported to Blackberry;Could store in Google Documents, but not encrypted. Looking at a few 3rd party systems like KeePass and RoboForm.
   
6. CRM: Was using Prophet, an add-in CRM to Outlook; It drags down Outlook to even a slower pace than before; Now switching to SalesForce.com
   
7. Mass emails add-in: Used SwiftPage for sending mass emails directly from Outlook; Will stop that, and employ a 3rd party add-in to SalesForce
   
8. Screen sharing add-in: Used GoToMeeting to do product demos; Will continue to use GoToMeeting but will be the stand alone software
   
9. Linked In add-in: Not really needed...just a nice-to-have; Will just access through the web now.

I will update on my progress as I move through this change. It'll feel really unnatural to not open Outlook first thing in the morning, but I think my RAM is going to thank me.

Let me know if you can think of any other pros/cons to switching, or share your experience switching. Thanks!