some visual-studio 2008 questions

Question

I have some visual-studio 2008 questions:

• Can VS2008 open VS2005 projects ?
• Is it possible to install VS2008 on mini laptop ? (intel atom, 2G DDR)
• if VS2008 isnt work, is it take any resource ?

thanks in advance

Answer 1

1. You should be able to open a VS2005 project in VS2008. It might ask you to convert it to .net 3.5

2. I would not see why you could not install it on a mini laptop.

3. I not sure what your asking.

Answer 2

1. Visual Studio 2008 can open 2005 projects, but you can't go back once you've converted it. If you want to go back, suggest you make a backup copy...

2. It should be possible, but the screen size may require a lot of auto-hiding.

3. Your question is unclear...please rephrase.

Answer 3

1. Yes, but it will convert it to the VS2008 project format, so you can't work on the same project in both versions at once.
2. Yes, assuming that it has enough disk space. VS might run slowly, though.
3. No. While it isn't running, VS will consume nothing but (a lot of) disk space.

Answer 4

1. Yeah, just went through the process myself. If asked to convert to .net 3.5 just answer "No" or "Yes", but take a backup if answering the latter.

2. Yes

3. No, no resources, except of hard disc space

Happy coding

Answer 5

Regarding VS 2008 and MSSQL 2008 on a netbook - yes, works ok.
I have them running on an eee 1000he for when I have to travel.

No resource usage from VS when not running (just a lot of disk space), but remember to shut down MSSQL services when you don't need them - atoms don't like running a lot of background services.

Is a viable option if you have to move around a lot, especially if you have to fly economy (fits on tiny tray table with room for a drink too), but would not want to use it as an everyday working setup.