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Visual Studio 2012 vs. 2013

AxelRantila
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Hello everyone.

I'm currently sitting with Visual Studio 2012, but considering getting 2013. I'm wondering if anyone has experience with both of them and if it's worth upgrading (particular for C++, which I will be using the most).

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Not much difference, 2012 has some problems with Windows 8 and up, so they patched that in 2013.

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Not much difference, 2012 has some problems with Windows 8 and up, so they patched that in 2013.

What problems? I've used 2012 for houndreds of hours without problems.

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If you're actually paying for it I would say no, if you're not then there's not really a reason not to.

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What problems? I've used 2012 for houndreds of hours without problems.

 

That is the experience we have at collage, everyone with Windows 8 had to upgrade to 2013 because 2012 kept crashing when opening a C# project.

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I'm actually installing 2013 right now, the rest of the devs are happy with it

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If you are a student you can get a free copy of Visual Studio Professional 2013 from dreamspark https://www.dreamspark.com/Student/Software-Catalog.aspx

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So what I seem to get from this thread; the difference isn't that much but if you're gonna use it on W8 (which I will use once I buy myself a new computer later this year) it could be worth upgradings

 

If you're actually paying for it I would say no, if you're not then there's not really a reason not to.

I can get it through Dreamspark

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So what I seem to get from this thread; the difference isn't that much but if you're gonna use it on W8 (which I will use once I buy myself a new computer later this year) it could be worth upgradings

 

I can get it through Dreamspark

 

Same for me, should I even consider downloading 2013? I've also got Dreamspark access.

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2013 has better support for C++11

 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh409293.aspx

 

The only reason not to upgrade is if you're in an environment with a large codebase that could break.

 

 

eta: I use 2012 at work and 2013 at home. 

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That is the experience we have at collage, everyone with Windows 8 had to upgrade to 2013 because 2012 kept crashing when opening a C# project.

 

that's cause your college's tech support has bad images for one reason or another.

 

it's been used at my works for months and months now with no issue.

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that's cause your college's tech support has bad images for one reason or another.

 

it's been used at my works for months and months now with no issue.

 

We have a BYOD policy and students get the images straight from Dreamspark.

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Same for me, should I even consider downloading 2013? I've also got Dreamspark access.

 

Yes, do students from universities in the Netherlands have access to Dreamspark? Interesting

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