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  • J James McCullough

    Only a 50/50 chance? Aren't you being a little light on that? Man, the last time I updated VS2017 it fragged almost EVERYthing.

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    ZurdoDev
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    James McCullough wrote:

    Only a 50/50 chance? Aren't you being a little light on that?

    Ya, you might be right. It's probably closer to a 70/70 chance.

    Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other. Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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    • S Slacker007

      VS 2017 15.9.7 update is ready for me to download and install. Should I do it? 50/50 chance that I may want to put my head through a wall when this is all over. :laugh:

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      abmv
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      it was faster than expected 2gb and smooth

      Caveat Emptor. "Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long

      We are in the beginning of a mass extinction. - Greta Thunberg

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      • J James McCullough

        Only a 50/50 chance? Aren't you being a little light on that? Man, the last time I updated VS2017 it fragged almost EVERYthing.

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        Slacker007
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        15.9.4 killed me. I haven't recovered since...PTSD and all. :)

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          it was faster than expected 2gb and smooth

          Caveat Emptor. "Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long

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          Slacker007
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          good to hear

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          • Z ZurdoDev

            James McCullough wrote:

            Only a 50/50 chance? Aren't you being a little light on that?

            Ya, you might be right. It's probably closer to a 70/70 chance.

            Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other. Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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            James McCullough
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            Now THAT'S the Microsoft logic I'm used to!!! :-D

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            • S Slacker007

              VS 2017 15.9.7 update is ready for me to download and install. Should I do it? 50/50 chance that I may want to put my head through a wall when this is all over. :laugh:

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              Tim Deveaux
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              Worked here - but required a restart of Win7, which was unusual.

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              • S Slacker007

                VS 2017 15.9.7 update is ready for me to download and install. Should I do it? 50/50 chance that I may want to put my head through a wall when this is all over. :laugh:

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                Stuart Dootson
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                I would, but I only install it for the C++ build tools really... VS Code and CMake FTW...

                Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p

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                • Z ZurdoDev

                  James McCullough wrote:

                  Only a 50/50 chance? Aren't you being a little light on that?

                  Ya, you might be right. It's probably closer to a 70/70 chance.

                  Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other. Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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                  kalberts
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                  Oldboys have probably heard about the IBM 360 mainframe series. One of the logos used in the 360 days was a circle, with a radius extendig a little outside the circle (looking like a old style potentiometer knob, but nowdays frequently used to mark an on-off pushbutton). Then came the IBM 370 series. So what did IBM choose as a logo for the 370? A bigger circle! Acutally, they didn't replace the 360 circle with a bigger 370 circle, they added the 370 circle around the old one, touching where the radius hit the circle(s). They didn't use this logo a lot; I suspect it was mostly created as an inside joke, but I have come across it a few times in old documentation.

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                  • raddevusR raddevus

                    FYI - I installed that version and had no problems. Wasn't bad. (Disclaimer: YMMV :) ) Also, why aren't you on 2019? Actually, you should probably wait because the interface has been "modernized" and it isn't the greatest. :~ You can do a side-by-side install if you don't mind eating up a ton of extra space on your drive though. I only moved to 2019 because you cannot do .NET Core 3.x without upgrading.

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                    BryanFazekas
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                    raddevus wrote:

                    Also, why aren't you on 2019?

                    The current release date for VS 2019 is March, so what's available is a preview, nothing I'd use for production work. I don't upgrade in the middle of a project, and rarely before the first service pack is released. Riding the bleeding edge used to be fun, but I suffered enough blood loss to be light headed. These days I let others do the bleeding ... :-D

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                    • S Slacker007

                      We try to stay as current as possible with the incremental builds for VS. I was just being funny. I am going to update.

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                      Slow Eddie
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                      We try to stay as current as possible with the incremental builds for VS.

                      Why?

                      Newer in not always better. And most often filled with bugs.

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                      • Z ZurdoDev

                        raddevus wrote:

                        why aren't you on 2019?

                        It's still in preview.

                        Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other. Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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                        raddevus
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                        ZurdoDev wrote:

                        still in preview.

                        I know. Better get it soon, before it's obsolete. :rolleyes:

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                        • L Lost User

                          why? Is there anything really important in it that you absolutely must have? particularly if you are developing apps for your company/clients: are they on the very latest version too? if it's just for your own playing around sure go ahead, but if you want to do anything serious [for other people including open source] stick to what's most used.

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                          Dr Walt Fair PE
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                          Sure, why not save time and just put your head through a wall, but open the window first.

                          CQ de W5ALT

                          Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software

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