If you haven't tried VS 2008 Beta 2 yet, you really should. I'm sure they'll find improvements, but compared to where VS 2005 was in Beta 2, this is much, much better. Mine hasn't crashed, and it is as fast, if not faster that VS 2005. In fact, I would say it's stable enough to take advantage of the Go-Live license and begin migration to now, if your environment will allow it.