>>You can do the job with VS2008.. you just can't do it very efficiently.
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>Keeping in mind the problem that started this thread, and your comment about Expression Blend, your sentence should maybe be reworded to say:
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>You can to the job with VS2008.. you just can't do it properly.

Again probably pre-empting Craig: No, it can't be re-word that way - it's just not true!
ExpressionBlend generates XAML. There's nothing to prevent you writing the same XAML in VS2008

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>His problem seems to have less to do with efficiency, and more with doing it wrong.
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>>>Of course. That's why they sell us tools that are 'almost' good enough, and then offer additional stuff to fill the gaps at additional cost. If VS2008/2010 is supposed to be a tool for building apps including WPF, then it ought to do the job properly.