[dosworld]

I am going to install visual studio 2003 .net on my old slow pentium 3 laptop

does anyone have a recomendation for the best operation system?

i can use anything from windows 95 to windows xp pro (except windows 2003)

in adittion, which is better, visual studio 6, or visual studio 2003

thanks dosworld

[CoffeeFiend]

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This post has been edited by crahak: 07 November 2006 - 07:19 AM

[Colonel]

Don't choose your version of Visual Studio based on which is better, you need to decide between VB6 and VB.Net 1.0/1.1 and VB.Net 2.0/3.0.

Visual Studio is only for VB6 / VBA / FoxPro / etc.
Visual Studio .Net 2002 / 2003 is specifically for VB.Net / C# / etc 1.0 and 1.1.
Visual Studio .Net 2005 is for VB.Net / C# / etc 2.0 and 3.0.

Be ware that at this time none of the above are supported on Windows Vista (the programs you write are, the IDE its self is not). 2005 will be supported on Vista "some time soon" after Visual Studio 2005 SP1 is released.

As far as hardware goes, I would say a P3 is good enough to run any of the above, depending on available RAM. You should consult the MSDN site for details. If you go to the 2005 product pages, there is a link on the bottom left for "Previous Versions" so you can look up the recommended system specifications.