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Longhorn & Whidbey...perhaps not!

Having not been able to get to the PDC, I was pleasantly surprised that Microsoft had made a DVD available containing Longhorn, Whidbey, etc available to MSDN subscribers.  Excited at this prospect, I hastily ordered my copy.

However, since ordering this I have noticed a few posts start to appear about problems with Virtual PC 2004 (also on the DVD) which seem to suggest it being very slow, coupled with the fact that Longhorn itself isn't the quickest beast in the world (yes, I know its beta (or even pre-beta, I'm not sure)) and one post that even seemed to mention an installation time of about 7-8 hours for Longhorn followed by Whidbey.

All this seems to have done is dampen my enthusiasm a touch.  Anyone have any good experiences in performance or usability so far?