Initially, it will take longer to develop WPF apps because it is a different mindset than WinForms. WPF is not web. It is for desktop apps. Some benefits:

- Takes advantage of video processors to render, so it's faster than WinForms (Hardware acceleration)
- Everything is a vector graphic, so even when scaling, you don't get jagged edges
- You can use UIs that are difficult or impossible with WinForms (Rich composition and customization)
- True separation of behavior from UI elements because of Declarative Programming
- Data binding better than WinForms
- Microsoft is not using resources to further develop WinForms. All new work is being done on WPF


>During a recent discussion of WPF and the possibility of using it in our applications the topic of what business benefits this new technology provides came up. We are a shop that has several small development teams creating and maintaining windows desktop applications. The applications we develop are not web enabled. We do not and will not have “designers” on staff.
> I can see plenty of negative expense in using this new technology but was unable to point to a single benefit.
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>Are there any tangible benefits to using WPF beyond have a cool toolbar or button?