Purchase Visual Studio.NET
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I would like to get Visual Studio.NET to use at home for personal use and practice. I use 2003 at work but I'm not sure if I should get 2005, or wait for 2008 to come out. Is there a way to buy VS.NET without paying $800 or more for it? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Kalvin
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I would like to get Visual Studio.NET to use at home for personal use and practice. I use 2003 at work but I'm not sure if I should get 2005, or wait for 2008 to come out. Is there a way to buy VS.NET without paying $800 or more for it? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Kalvin
I'd wait for 2k8 as it'll do 2.0 as well as 3.0 and 3.5. 2k5 will only do 2.0 and 3.0, but theres not much 'designer' support for 3.0 so you have to do most of it manually or with beta stuff. As for the cost, I didn't think the Std edtion of Visual Studio 2k5 was that much, it's only about £200 in the UK. And if you can do without plugins (and a few other bits and bobs) then you could always use the Express Editions[^].
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I would like to get Visual Studio.NET to use at home for personal use and practice. I use 2003 at work but I'm not sure if I should get 2005, or wait for 2008 to come out. Is there a way to buy VS.NET without paying $800 or more for it? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Kalvin
At this point, I would wait for VS2008. It launches in February, which means it should be going to RTM sometime either this month or next (December at the latest). If you don't mind loosing some of the "bells and whistles", go with one of the Express Editions, which are free.
Scott.
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At this point, I would wait for VS2008. It launches in February, which means it should be going to RTM sometime either this month or next (December at the latest). If you don't mind loosing some of the "bells and whistles", go with one of the Express Editions, which are free.
Scott.
—In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. [Forum Guidelines] [Articles] [Blog]
Will 2008 be more stable than 2005 or is going to be like a whole new app with new bugs? Kalvin
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Will 2008 be more stable than 2005 or is going to be like a whole new app with new bugs? Kalvin
I've been running Beta 2 since it was relesed and have had almost no issues. That being said, it is a new application so it will have some bugs but they shouldn't be any more (or any more annoying) than what VS2005 had. Overall, I like it much better than VS2005 and will not willingly use any other version.
Scott.
—In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. [Forum Guidelines] [Articles] [Blog]
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I've been running Beta 2 since it was relesed and have had almost no issues. That being said, it is a new application so it will have some bugs but they shouldn't be any more (or any more annoying) than what VS2005 had. Overall, I like it much better than VS2005 and will not willingly use any other version.
Scott.
—In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. [Forum Guidelines] [Articles] [Blog]
Same here. I've had VS2008 Beta 2 for about 3 months, and haven't had one problem out of it.
Code pre-built is code that you don't have to build later. :)
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I've been running Beta 2 since it was relesed and have had almost no issues. That being said, it is a new application so it will have some bugs but they shouldn't be any more (or any more annoying) than what VS2005 had. Overall, I like it much better than VS2005 and will not willingly use any other version.
Scott.
—In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. [Forum Guidelines] [Articles] [Blog]
Thank you for your help. I think I will wait for 2008 and look at the express version. I like free. Kalvin
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Thank you for your help. I think I will wait for 2008 and look at the express version. I like free. Kalvin
Free is always good! :) VS 2008 should be out by the end of the year, so you won't have to wait long.
Scott.
—In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. [Forum Guidelines] [Articles] [Blog]
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I would like to get Visual Studio.NET to use at home for personal use and practice. I use 2003 at work but I'm not sure if I should get 2005, or wait for 2008 to come out. Is there a way to buy VS.NET without paying $800 or more for it? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Kalvin
Free is a good price. And you can get Beta 2 Visual Studio 2008[^] for free and get started now. Once it ships later this year, the Express Version will be free as well. Another idea, if you are in the US or Europe, is to join the Microsoft Empower program. You get a subscription to MSDN and get five licenses to the operating systems and Visual Studio for $375 in the US. The subscription is good for two years. You also get 10 hours of advisory services from Microsoft. You must sign up on the Microsoft partner site as a registered partner (which is free). You commit to get a program ready to ship during those two years and some other things. For more information, see Microsoft Empower for ISV's[^]. It takes about 15 minutes to sign up as a Registered partner. The program is not available to existing Certified and Gold partners. For more information for ISV's in the US, check out the US ISV site.
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I would like to get Visual Studio.NET to use at home for personal use and practice. I use 2003 at work but I'm not sure if I should get 2005, or wait for 2008 to come out. Is there a way to buy VS.NET without paying $800 or more for it? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Kalvin
in Australia academics get it much cheaper, they can get VS Pro 2005 for $AU180, whereas it would cost me $1250. Students are always broke, so ..... Re Express - there is one fairly important thing that 2005 Express lacks - there's no Stack Window available when debugging.