VS2005 Standard or Pro
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Need a little expert advice. I want to upgrade from VS2002 to VS2005...I been in a cave for awhile. Anyway I recently received the trial version of VS2005 Pro and like it, a little slow on my old machine but impressive features compared to 2002. I will be using this product personally but plan to develop shareware in the future and am on a very limited budget. What are the differences between standard and Pro enough for the added monies? Thanks ya'll Mike
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Hi Mike, you haven't said what you are exactly doing with Visual Studio (MFC, C#, ASP, pure C++ or whatever), so perhaps one of the free Express Editions might fit your needs, so that you don't have to spend a cent for the big VS brother: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/windows/. Greetings
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Hi Mike, you haven't said what you are exactly doing with Visual Studio (MFC, C#, ASP, pure C++ or whatever), so perhaps one of the free Express Editions might fit your needs, so that you don't have to spend a cent for the big VS brother: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/windows/. Greetings
Thanks for responding..guess I didn't, as you stated clarify what I have and enough about what I intend to do with it. I currently have (purchased) VS2002 Pro bought in 2002 and was using C++ but switched over to C# some 3 years ago and love it. I want to upgrade to VS2005 but don't want to sacrifice productivity but am on a limited budget so am considering the Standard edition. Mike
If you keep doing what you've been doing you'll keep getting what you've been getting!
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Need a little expert advice. I want to upgrade from VS2002 to VS2005...I been in a cave for awhile. Anyway I recently received the trial version of VS2005 Pro and like it, a little slow on my old machine but impressive features compared to 2002. I will be using this product personally but plan to develop shareware in the future and am on a very limited budget. What are the differences between standard and Pro enough for the added monies? Thanks ya'll Mike
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I'd go pro, standard lacks the server explorer features for getting message queues or performance counters. There might be more missing, but that's the one thing I really miss in vs2005 standard.
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Need a little expert advice. I want to upgrade from VS2002 to VS2005...I been in a cave for awhile. Anyway I recently received the trial version of VS2005 Pro and like it, a little slow on my old machine but impressive features compared to 2002. I will be using this product personally but plan to develop shareware in the future and am on a very limited budget. What are the differences between standard and Pro enough for the added monies? Thanks ya'll Mike
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One CPian posted a comparison on his blog - unfortunately, I don't remember who, and I don't have a link anymore :( (Sorry) Standard is mostly OK for desktop apps, most Pro features center around stuff running against a server. The other thing I noticed: OpenMP is supported only on Pro.
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Need a little expert advice. I want to upgrade from VS2002 to VS2005...I been in a cave for awhile. Anyway I recently received the trial version of VS2005 Pro and like it, a little slow on my old machine but impressive features compared to 2002. I will be using this product personally but plan to develop shareware in the future and am on a very limited budget. What are the differences between standard and Pro enough for the added monies? Thanks ya'll Mike
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Why don't you try express and see if that will do. If much cheaper cos its free.
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Thanks for responding..guess I didn't, as you stated clarify what I have and enough about what I intend to do with it. I currently have (purchased) VS2002 Pro bought in 2002 and was using C++ but switched over to C# some 3 years ago and love it. I want to upgrade to VS2005 but don't want to sacrifice productivity but am on a limited budget so am considering the Standard edition. Mike
If you keep doing what you've been doing you'll keep getting what you've been getting!
If budget is a concern there is the Express version like others have said, or there is a program from MS to get the Standard Edition for free. http://www.microsoft.com/business/vb2005upgrade/default.mspx[^]
Steve Maier
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If budget is a concern there is the Express version like others have said, or there is a program from MS to get the Standard Edition for free. http://www.microsoft.com/business/vb2005upgrade/default.mspx[^]
Steve Maier
Steve, Thanks for the heads upon the WebCasts. Have signed up and will see! Mike:)
If you keep doing what you've been doing you'll keep getting what you've been getting!
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Need a little expert advice. I want to upgrade from VS2002 to VS2005...I been in a cave for awhile. Anyway I recently received the trial version of VS2005 Pro and like it, a little slow on my old machine but impressive features compared to 2002. I will be using this product personally but plan to develop shareware in the future and am on a very limited budget. What are the differences between standard and Pro enough for the added monies? Thanks ya'll Mike
If you keep doing what you've been doing you'll keep getting what you've been getting!
I noticed you will probably be getting the free version of VS standard. A while back, I did some digging to figure out what version had what since most of Microsoft's comparisons seemed to be a bit vague. Here is what I could see were the differences: http://www.rockymoore.com/TheCoder/archive/2006/05/18/701.aspx[^] After digging, I did not seem to require the pro features and settled on the standard version. So far, I have missed anything :)
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I noticed you will probably be getting the free version of VS standard. A while back, I did some digging to figure out what version had what since most of Microsoft's comparisons seemed to be a bit vague. Here is what I could see were the differences: http://www.rockymoore.com/TheCoder/archive/2006/05/18/701.aspx[^] After digging, I did not seem to require the pro features and settled on the standard version. So far, I have missed anything :)
Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: 20 Years to Web standards or a New Dream? Latest Tech Blog Post: Corel Lightning - what is the plan?
Rocky, Thanks for the link and the advice I was about ready to post a singles ad "ISO Rich Woman Bad Cough":laugh:. Looks like from what you wrote that the standard version will also work in my case. Mike
If you keep doing what you've been doing you'll keep getting what you've been getting!
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If budget is a concern there is the Express version like others have said, or there is a program from MS to get the Standard Edition for free. http://www.microsoft.com/business/vb2005upgrade/default.mspx[^]
Steve Maier
Steve, I appreciate the help I took the two VB Webcasts and just ordered the free standard edition which should be here in the next few weeks. Mike :):)
Theres light at the end of the tunnel. Lord I hope it ain't no train!
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Steve, I appreciate the help I took the two VB Webcasts and just ordered the free standard edition which should be here in the next few weeks. Mike :):)
Theres light at the end of the tunnel. Lord I hope it ain't no train!
Glad to have helped... I got Vista business version by doing something like this. I think its nice that MS gives us ways to get some things for free.
Steve Maier
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Glad to have helped... I got Vista business version by doing something like this. I think its nice that MS gives us ways to get some things for free.
Steve Maier
Steve,
Steve Maier wrote:
I think its nice that MS gives us ways to get some things for free.
Yes I agree, a tad bit of PR never hurt. Thanks again, Mike
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