Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack final release is now available for download. Some of new features in this feature pack are:
Modern style user interface: This includes Ribbon style user interface, Office 2007, Office 2003 and Office XP look and feel, Visual Studio-style docking toolbars and panes, customizable toolbars and menus, advanced GUI controls and advanced MID tabs.
Implementation of TR1: which includes Smart pointers, Regular Expression parser, tuple container, new random number generator, type traits, etc…
I am experimenting with this and will post my views in 2-3 days.