Should I Go To 2008

[DroopyPawn]

Is there any reason (other than it's free) to upgrade from VB 2005 Express to the 2008 version? I mean, can I do anything with the new version that I can't do with 2005?

[masfenix]

Just a lot more support for features and easier implentation..

Your not using Windows 98 are you? whats windows XP got that 98 cant do? (obviously the driver support and all that right?)

[jmcilhinney]

The language has been improved, the Framework has been improved and the IDE has been improved. With VB 2008, .NET 3.0/3.5 and VS 2008 you've got LINQ, anonymous methods, WPF, etc., etc. Basically, there's no reason NOT to upgrade EXCEPT that projects created in VS 2008 cannot be opened in VS 2005, including those targeting .NET 2.0. If you still need to open your projects, either yourself or by others, in VS 2005 then stick with VS 2005. Otherwise you should upgrade. Note that installing VS 2008 doesn't mean you have to uninstall VS 2005. They were designed to coexist and will do so happily.

[Hack]

Moved to General Developer

[RobDog888]

I wouldnt consider it an "upgrade" as John mentioned its a separate version that can co-exist with 2005 side by side.

I would recommend installing 2008 and using both if you need to retain projects in th 2005 solution format. Otherwise just install 2008 and be happy using the new features etc.

[DroopyPawn]

I've been using 2005. I installed 2008 and it really bogs down when I run a program. Even one with no code. It takes about 12 seconds for the program to even start. And it takes just as long to end a program and get back to the VB 2008 interface. Any ideas why this might be? I have a super fast computer with 4GB of RAM (actually 2GB while my wife's computer is borrowing some.)

[RobDog888]

2008 is faster then 2005 for me as 2008 has many IDE performance improvements. Hows your diskspace and cpu resources?

[Jenner]

I've been using 2005. I installed 2008 and it really bogs down when I run a program. Even one with no code. It takes about 12 seconds for the program to even start. And it takes just as long to end a program and get back to the VB 2008 interface. Any ideas why this might be? I have a super fast computer with 4GB of RAM (actually 2GB while my wife's computer is borrowing some.)

Consider yourself lucky, I'm running it on a machine where it takes 30 seconds to open the program empty and about 3 minutes to open a project file.

[techgnome]

I run it on a virtual machine and have never had any issues... the only time I do is when working with a State Machine Workflow....and only then because it's quite complicated.

-tg

[Hack]

Consider yourself lucky, I'm running it on a machine where it takes 30 seconds to open the program empty and about 3 minutes to open a project file.

What the heck kind of a machine do you have?

[jmcilhinney]

What the heck kind of a machine do you have?

He's (or she's) hoping to upgrade to a Pentium next year.

[DroopyPawn]

Like I said, 2GB of RAM, dual core Athlon XP 6000, 256mb PCIE graphics card. No reason for any programs to be running this slow on my machine.

I read somewhere on another forum that turning off something about "auto generate XML" fixed this problem for one guy. But my Internet service at home is down right now. When I got home, I didn't find any such menu to fix.

Does anyone have a suggestion about how to fix the "slow" problem?

[Hack]

What do you have loading when the machine boots and running in the background that could be sucking up CPU?

[DroopyPawn]

I disable all that stuff. I don't like stuff running in the background. MSN Messenger always seems to come back to life though - even though I never use it.

[DroopyPawn]

Also, I reinstalled Windows XP Pro from a backup image just a few days ago. The image had a fresh install of XP, the drivers and a few settings like email addresses. I've since installed the following

VB Express 2005
VB Express 2008
Visual Web Designer 2008 Express
OpenOffice 2.3.1
FireFox browser.

I think that's about it. My computer is currently disconnected from the Internet (and has been for a week) so there's no virus or anything like that.

[RobDog888]

What are your hardware specs? HDs, CPU, L2 Cache etc. not just your amount of RAM although the RAM speed may be nice to know too.

[DroopyPawn]

Like I said, it's an Athlon X2 6000+ (3 gHz x2) dual core, I have 2 Maxtor 500GB SATA2 drives. It's not the computer. Something need to be set differently but I don't know what.

[RobDog888]

You shouldnt have to set anything. Sorry too many posts as I scanned for yours and didnt see complete specs.