Hey everyone, I am just wondering if in the long run, it is worth switching from vb6 to .net.

I havnet been programming too long with vb, just a little over a year, but I only recently got a copy of vb6, probably 6 months ago, I have been cheap and was programming through MS Office for awhile since it comes with vb editor, lol, but anyways, I dont know if .net really is all worth it. I know if I stoped using vb6, I would have to learn a lot of different ways .net codes things. I did try .net downloading the free visual basic 2003 express beta, but I didnt like it because it seemed very slugish. I downloaded it on my computer at home, it is a little out dated, it is a p3, 1 ghz, 512mb memory, but I wouldnt consider it slow.

Well what I am trying to get to is when using .net, it starts up a lot slower, which I dont mind at all, but it starts up and runs the applications slower as well.

So, I just wanted to know if anyone could explain to me what makes .net soo much better?