Appears to me, as an onlooker, that many people weren't all that happy with SW2008 and preferred 2007. I'm coming from SW2005 and JUST NOW considering "upgrading" (if you can call it that). Yes, maybe I'm a little set in my ways now that I'm older, but like others before me I have found that when you find a SolidWorks release that works it may be best just to stick with it. And of course I'm wondering whether I should install 2008 at all, or whether I might just install 2007. I wouldn't be happy about having to go back to 2007 if 2008 doesn't run all that well ... even though I'm the only user at my employer's place of business. Forget 2009 for now -- like others here I probably wouldn't install it until SP4 comes out.
Your opinions appreciated.
Mark 'Sporky' 'Long Time No See' Stapleton Charlotte, North Carolina