VS 2003 or C# Express?

[TomC]

I was given an unopened VS 2003. I can't tell if it uses .NET 1.1 or
2.0. I know that C# Express uses 2.0. Sadly, due to limited hard
drive space, I cannot install both. In fact, if I install VS 2003, I
will probably only install C# and J# for now (and I would have to
uninstall C# Express and J# Express).

For now, my main interest is in learning the fundamentals of C# and
using some of my existing Java experience to play with J#. Nothing
heavy-duty.

Is there any advantage in choosing one over the other?

 

[Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]]

I was given an unopened VS 2003. I can't tell if it uses .NET 1.1 or
2.0. I know that C# Express uses 2.0. Sadly, due to limited hard
drive space, I cannot install both. In fact, if I install VS 2003, I
will probably only install C# and J# for now (and I would have to
uninstall C# Express and J# Express).

For now, my main interest is in learning the fundamentals of C# and
using some of my existing Java experience to play with J#. Nothing
heavy-duty.

Is there any advantage in choosing one over the other?

VS2003 is .NET 1.1 only. Unless you specifically need something in the full
Visual Studio (which seems unlikely), for learning C#, simply using C#
Express Edition seems like the better choice. You can install C# Express
and J# Express - they share the vast bulk of their implementation, so
installing both will take far less than the sum of the two installed sizes.

-cd

 

[Guest]

TomC,
If you are serious, then you need to either clean all those MP3's off there
or invest in a new hard drive so that your decisions aren't based solely on
"How much disk space". BIG hard drive - I am talking 250GB+ - are pretty
cheap (well under $100) these days.

Cheers,
Peter

 

[TomC]

Normally, I'd agree with you, but my machine is a laptop, so replacing
the hard drive is a bit trickier than it would be for a desktop. I
could replace the HD myself on a desktop, but I don't tinker inside the
laptop. So that raises the cost of the drive and adds in a labor
charge.

Besides, the laptop itself is getting long in the tooth, I figured it
would make more sense to put that money (and installation costs) in my
savings to go towards a new laptop. This one only has a 650 processor,
is running Win2K, and has a measly 10GB drive (which, of course, seemed
massive when I bought it). So this will just be a stopgap measure
until I can afford to upgrade the hardware.

And, yes, I have to get another laptop, not a desktop. My primary
useage demands the portability.

But thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Guest]

I see. In that case, I would personally go with that unopened VS.NET 2003.
Peter

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