Perry,
It has to be the add-ins. I've seen it run very slick with a very good debugger with one or two add-ins. Otherwise, it's a polished environment. The best add-ins that I've seen for it have been the security ones (WebInspect), and the worst are from Computer Associates. I've heard good things about the Intel plug-ins too, as their compilers use it as the front end for C/C++ and Fortran.
I've had to use Sun's developer tools from companies they have acquired before they were acquired by Oracle. Visual Studio is a vast improvement to say the least.
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