Help: Is Visual Studio 2008 good enough (for VC++)?

As I said earlier, VS2010 is very expensive. But I need new VC++. So I was
thinking to buy older one, VC++2008 with Visual Studio 2008. Is this good
enough to "survive" next 5 years? Does VC2010 have something essencial 2008
does not have? They both make 64 bit applications I guess. So I feel there
is not much difference for me because I make quite basic applications. And
also MFC is pretty much the same I guess.

I found one
Visual Studio 2008 Standard version for £100. Thats a good deal and I think
its best for me? Can somebody please confirm that this is good.


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