It has caused problems for me. I had to uninstall Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate off of my Windows 7 machine because VS 2008 keeps freezing up whether or not I have VS 2010 running.
It's unlikely to cause problems as VS 2010 is primarily designed for developing with the .NET 4.0 framework (although multi-targeting is implemented, like it was in VS 2008, just in a better manner).
I (and no one I work with) ever had a problem with VS 2005 & VS 2008 installed side-by-side. In fact, it was strongly encouraged as we had legacy projects which were built in VS 2005 and although the upgrade to VS 2008 was minor (if staying with the .NET 2.0 framework for the projects) it was safer to not risk it.
If you're really concerned about conflicts or potential issues using beta software may not be for you. If you do want to try it and still have reservations I'd suggest that you do use a separate VM with VS 2010 on it.
I myself will be installing it side-by-side with VS 2008 on Vista (after backing up my VM) so if there are any problems I'll edit this post and report them.
I don't expect any problems with VS2010 RTM installed side by side with any of the previous versions.
But this is a beta. Installing it on your computer means you're asking to have your disk reformatted (metaphorically speaking). Be sure you're ready to reformat the disk you install it on.
For me, that means I run it in a VM.
That said, there's a good chance I'll install the RC when it ships, but that's just me trying to find the bugs so others don't have to.
For what it's worth I've installed both VS2008 and VS2010 on the same box without issue. Uninstallation can cause some hiccups but those are directly related to VS2010 being new and shouldn't affect 2008.
I would suggest installing it on a VM if it's your work machine, but other than that, I usually install Beta products on my home machine as I have backups and don't mind reinstalling as my home pc is kinda like my sandbox
I have profession ver of 2003, 2005, and 2008 all installed and they worked great on the same pc. I even installed the beta 2010 and it worked for a while in uninstalled because it didn't hav crystal reports. Just within the last month I purchased pro ver of 2010 and it blew my 2008 to shreds. I couldn't load data bases anymore, system would stal or stop period. So I'm loading it (2010) on a different PC. They seemed to merge and us settings from each other.
It has caused problems for me. I had to uninstall Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate off of my Windows 7 machine because VS 2008 keeps freezing up whether or not I have VS 2010 running.
It's unlikely to cause problems as VS 2010 is primarily designed for developing with the .NET 4.0 framework (although multi-targeting is implemented, like it was in VS 2008, just in a better manner).
I (and no one I work with) ever had a problem with VS 2005 & VS 2008 installed side-by-side. In fact, it was strongly encouraged as we had legacy projects which were built in VS 2005 and although the upgrade to VS 2008 was minor (if staying with the .NET 2.0 framework for the projects) it was safer to not risk it.
If you're really concerned about conflicts or potential issues using beta software may not be for you. If you do want to try it and still have reservations I'd suggest that you do use a separate VM with VS 2010 on it.
I myself will be installing it side-by-side with VS 2008 on Vista (after backing up my VM) so if there are any problems I'll edit this post and report them.
I don't expect any problems with VS2010 RTM installed side by side with any of the previous versions.
But this is a beta. Installing it on your computer means you're asking to have your disk reformatted (metaphorically speaking). Be sure you're ready to reformat the disk you install it on.
For me, that means I run it in a VM.
That said, there's a good chance I'll install the RC when it ships, but that's just me trying to find the bugs so others don't have to.
For what it's worth I've installed both VS2008 and VS2010 on the same box without issue. Uninstallation can cause some hiccups but those are directly related to VS2010 being new and shouldn't affect 2008.
I would suggest installing it on a VM if it's your work machine, but other than that, I usually install Beta products on my home machine as I have backups and don't mind reinstalling as my home pc is kinda like my sandbox
I have profession ver of 2003, 2005, and 2008 all installed and they worked great on the same pc. I even installed the beta 2010 and it worked for a while in uninstalled because it didn't hav crystal reports. Just within the last month I purchased pro ver of 2010 and it blew my 2008 to shreds. I couldn't load data bases anymore, system would stal or stop period. So I'm loading it (2010) on a different PC. They seemed to merge and us settings from each other.