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Can someone tell me why should I upgrade from VS 2008 to 2010 or 2012

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    Vasily Tserekh
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    I have been using Visual Studio 2008 for a long time, recently I made a project and I had (because the customer want to) to 2010, The fonts were terrible and I was a lot slower, (I have corei3 2 gb pc), can someone please tell me a reason to upgrade, please a good and logical reason. thanks in advance

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      I have been using Visual Studio 2008 for a long time, recently I made a project and I had (because the customer want to) to 2010, The fonts were terrible and I was a lot slower, (I have corei3 2 gb pc), can someone please tell me a reason to upgrade, please a good and logical reason. thanks in advance

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      Abhinav S
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      Vasily Tserekh wrote:

      please a good and logical reason.

      Can you use VS2008 with Framework 4.5?

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      • V Vasily Tserekh

        I have been using Visual Studio 2008 for a long time, recently I made a project and I had (because the customer want to) to 2010, The fonts were terrible and I was a lot slower, (I have corei3 2 gb pc), can someone please tell me a reason to upgrade, please a good and logical reason. thanks in advance

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        Nish Nishant
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        If you are upgrading, go for the latest.

        Regards, Nish


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        • V Vasily Tserekh

          I have been using Visual Studio 2008 for a long time, recently I made a project and I had (because the customer want to) to 2010, The fonts were terrible and I was a lot slower, (I have corei3 2 gb pc), can someone please tell me a reason to upgrade, please a good and logical reason. thanks in advance

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          Albert Holguin
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          That's a good question... I'm sort of on the same boat... been using VS2008 for a while and I like it, so I haven't had any big reason to want to switch. I've used VS6, 2003, 2005, and now 2008... and 2008 has been a lot better than the older ones...maybe that's a good enough reason to upgrade, the product has gotten a lot better over time.

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          • V Vasily Tserekh

            I have been using Visual Studio 2008 for a long time, recently I made a project and I had (because the customer want to) to 2010, The fonts were terrible and I was a lot slower, (I have corei3 2 gb pc), can someone please tell me a reason to upgrade, please a good and logical reason. thanks in advance

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            Pete OHanlon
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            Well, .NET 4 and 4.5 are generally smaller runtimes than earlier versions (depending on what profile you use), and they have bug fixes in them - and you can't target them from VS2008 (although you could run them with csc.exe if you really wanted to).

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            • V Vasily Tserekh

              I have been using Visual Studio 2008 for a long time, recently I made a project and I had (because the customer want to) to 2010, The fonts were terrible and I was a lot slower, (I have corei3 2 gb pc), can someone please tell me a reason to upgrade, please a good and logical reason. thanks in advance

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              lewax00
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              Because Microsoft needs more money!

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              • V Vasily Tserekh

                I have been using Visual Studio 2008 for a long time, recently I made a project and I had (because the customer want to) to 2010, The fonts were terrible and I was a lot slower, (I have corei3 2 gb pc), can someone please tell me a reason to upgrade, please a good and logical reason. thanks in advance

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                Maximilien
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                VS2010 is/was a pig (at least for C++ projects). VS2012 looks to be a lot more faster and converted our VS2008 project more easily.

                Watched code never compiles.

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                • V Vasily Tserekh

                  I have been using Visual Studio 2008 for a long time, recently I made a project and I had (because the customer want to) to 2010, The fonts were terrible and I was a lot slower, (I have corei3 2 gb pc), can someone please tell me a reason to upgrade, please a good and logical reason. thanks in advance

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                  Tadit Dash
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                  I don't know about the features of VS 2008 as I have not worked on it. But Simple but Interesting Features of VS2010 and C# 4.0[^] can give you some reasons why to upgrade. :). And if you really want to explore, then go through Visual Studio 2010 Features [^].:thumbsup:

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                  • V Vasily Tserekh

                    I have been using Visual Studio 2008 for a long time, recently I made a project and I had (because the customer want to) to 2010, The fonts were terrible and I was a lot slower, (I have corei3 2 gb pc), can someone please tell me a reason to upgrade, please a good and logical reason. thanks in advance

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                    Keith Barrow
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                    2012 is much faster at compiling large projects and I perfer the dark theme.

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                    A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]

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                    • V Vasily Tserekh

                      I have been using Visual Studio 2008 for a long time, recently I made a project and I had (because the customer want to) to 2010, The fonts were terrible and I was a lot slower, (I have corei3 2 gb pc), can someone please tell me a reason to upgrade, please a good and logical reason. thanks in advance

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                      Mladen Jankovic
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                      C++11, better editor, more responsive GUI and probably more, if these are things you care about, then upgrade.

                      GALex

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                      • V Vasily Tserekh

                        I have been using Visual Studio 2008 for a long time, recently I made a project and I had (because the customer want to) to 2010, The fonts were terrible and I was a lot slower, (I have corei3 2 gb pc), can someone please tell me a reason to upgrade, please a good and logical reason. thanks in advance

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                        Espen Harlinn
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                        What about:

                        • C++ AMP[^]
                        • Auto-Parallelization and Auto-Vectorization[^]
                        • C++ IntelliSense[^]

                        Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Whenever methodologies become productized, objectivity is removed from the equation. -- Mike Myatt

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                          2012 is much faster at compiling large projects and I perfer the dark theme.

                          Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
                          -Or-
                          A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]

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                          Johnny J
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                          Keith Barrow wrote:

                          I perfer the dark theme

                          Just for that, I ought to downvote you... (but I won't) ;)

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                            What about:

                            • C++ AMP[^]
                            • Auto-Parallelization and Auto-Vectorization[^]
                            • C++ IntelliSense[^]

                            Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Whenever methodologies become productized, objectivity is removed from the equation. -- Mike Myatt

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                            Kenneth Haugland
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                            Oh, can you do Auto-Parallelization and Auto-Vectorization in C# and VB too?

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                              Keith Barrow wrote:

                              I perfer the dark theme

                              Just for that, I ought to downvote you... (but I won't) ;)

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                              Keith Barrow
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                              I find your lack of faith disturbing ;P

                              Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
                              -Or-
                              A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]

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                                Oh, can you do Auto-Parallelization and Auto-Vectorization in C# and VB too?

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                                Espen Harlinn
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                                Parallel C#[^], not sure how far they've got though

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                                  I have been using Visual Studio 2008 for a long time, recently I made a project and I had (because the customer want to) to 2010, The fonts were terrible and I was a lot slower, (I have corei3 2 gb pc), can someone please tell me a reason to upgrade, please a good and logical reason. thanks in advance

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                                  Bassam Abdul Baki
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                                  Why ask for a promotion or an increase in pay then? :)

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                                    Parallel C#[^], not sure how far they've got though

                                    Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Whenever methodologies become productized, objectivity is removed from the equation. -- Mike Myatt

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                                    Kenneth Haugland
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                                    So automated parallel is just available in C++, that sounds strange, I though C++ used the .NET library, no? Than it seems a little strange not to include the function in the higher languages or?

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                                      I have been using Visual Studio 2008 for a long time, recently I made a project and I had (because the customer want to) to 2010, The fonts were terrible and I was a lot slower, (I have corei3 2 gb pc), can someone please tell me a reason to upgrade, please a good and logical reason. thanks in advance

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                                      Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                                      My i7 handles vs 2010 very well. But I only have 32gb of ram. Here on site, I have a i5 with 4gb and it seems well enough.

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                                        So automated parallel is just available in C++, that sounds strange, I though C++ used the .NET library, no? Than it seems a little strange not to include the function in the higher languages or?

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                                        lewax00
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                                        Kenneth Haugland wrote:

                                        I though C++ used the .NET library, no?

                                        Only if you're doing C++/CLI, you can still do pure native C++.

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                                          I have been using Visual Studio 2008 for a long time, recently I made a project and I had (because the customer want to) to 2010, The fonts were terrible and I was a lot slower, (I have corei3 2 gb pc), can someone please tell me a reason to upgrade, please a good and logical reason. thanks in advance

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                                          realJSOP
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                                          So you can hate them with the rest of us...

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