Re: Speed

"Make it faster" or "add new features"?

Pick one. :)

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Joe O'Leary <[email protected]> wrote:

> Unfortunately VS2008 is a dog, even on fast machines, IMO.  Worse than 2005
> which was worse than 2003.  I really wish they would improve the performance
> for once.  If the new one is changing a lot, it is probably going to be an
> even bigger dog
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Anna-Jayne Metcalfe <[email protected]>
> >Sent: Jul 10, 2009 9:33 PM
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: RE: [OT] Speed
> >
> >Hi Mike,
> >
> >> Is Windows 7 going to be faster than XP?  Is VS 2010 going to be faster
> >than the preceding versions?  I'm seeing very positive reviews of these
> new
> >products, but nobody ever talks about speed, which is the only thing I
> care
> >about.
> >
> >If our testing is anything to go by, Win7 is comparable to XP in
> performance
> >and if other reports are accurate is certainly capable of running on a
> >smaller footprint than Vista. It's certainly worth a look if you're
> bringing
> >in new machines (I'm not a fan of OS upgrades).
> >
> >VS2010 is another matter. The verdict is not yet in on the new WPF based
> >editor, but my gut feeling (and based on what I've seen from beta
> >installations) I'd say that VS2010 is going to have a significantly bigger
> >footprint than VS2008, and the volume of change in this release may have
> >some consequences in the RTM.
> >
> >It has always seemed to me that Visual Studio releases follow a two-step
> >pattern - one release where they try to change too much (VS5, VS2002,
> >VS2005) followed by which consolidates the changes of the previous release
> >(VS6, VS2003, VS2008). My instincts tell me that VS2010 may
> (unfortunately)
> >be in the former camp. The plus side of that is of course that the next
> >release after VS2010 - call it VS2012 for now - will probably be a good
> one.
> >
> >I can't help with Silverlight etc. I'm afraid - I'm a native C++ dev.
> >
> >
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >       Anna x
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