>I only just realized that the MSDN shipments are now quarterly rather than monthly (didn't notice a 66% reduction in subscription rates tho). I'm still using the VS2010 beta.
>Oh - and I've (literally) got a rainy day here if you want to borrow it.....


Why didn't you just download the iso image of the cd ?

You can then install from the disc image if you mount it with eg Deamon tools lite http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/products/dtLite