PDC seems to be all about .NET 4.0 and beyond How to make use of all the cores in our machines How to make use of the cloud Windows 7 Touch screens The added features in .NET 4.0 I could use now - so it's sort of useful that they've given us a VPC with VS2010 on it. That's enough to play with, but personally I would have prefered to get a image so I could install it on a existing system. Recycling seems to be much more important this year - which is good. Bit of warning regarding the bag would have ......