A completely redesigned, modern development environment that departed from the classic floating-window interface of Delphi 7.
: Because of the backlash regarding native support, Borland eventually bundled Delphi 8 with Borland Delphi 8 Enterprise Full 13
: The IDE was considered "heavy" compared to predecessors, requiring significantly more hardware resources to run smoothly on contemporary systems like Windows XP. The "Christmas Present" Bundle A completely redesigned
A complete overhaul of the interface, moving toward the docked-window style that would eventually evolve into the modern RAD Studio. The Legacy: Borland Delphi 8 Enterprise Full 13
: Developers who relied on Delphi for high-performance, standalone Win32 executables found this version useless for their primary needs. Stability Problems