Those are both magazines I used to get for free, but no more. Both magazines look like they are worth a read but currently I am more interested in what typical users think, than authors.

Patrick,

I actually think I understand the distinction you're trying to make - though I certainly consider myself a user as well. ;)

The series in CoDe Magazine is driven with a mindset of..."if I were trying to learn a particular technology or some aspect of it, what would I need to gain some level of understanding".

In additional to the sources mentioned here, you can find a great deal of information on MSDN regarding VS2005. If you search blogs of VS2005 authors you'll find many great tips as well. There's substantially more information available now for VS2005 than there was for VS2003 when it was released. And also, since you mentioned typical users, your nearest .NET user's group may have some developers who have worked with the beta.

Kevin