Yesterday's sessions I attented were rather disapointing. I went to many WinFS sessions, and I realize that except for ADO.NET integration, the product didn't change much. It's still the same data store, with data types, schemes, relations, and a searching APIs, or browsing APIs should I say, as I learned it wasn't mere searching… yeah, right.

I guess this year's PDC is less about listening to Microsoft, and more about installing the bits as soon as possible and play with them. Even though the bits are related to the same products as two years ago, they are more stable, and the interface has less chances to change until release.

I'm already shopping for a new machine to install Vista on. I was thinking about a laptop, as I don't have one. What do you think? Should I stick to a desktop machine?

Tags: PDC05