After my initial frustration with Avalon installation and .NET Framework version(s) I have managed to (easily) install everything including (for the first time) Visual C# 2005 Express (beta1).
One of the most interesting features of Avalon is 3D support. Recommended configuration for testing is a computer with DirectX 9 capable video card. At the same time, the code is not even near production quality and thus perfectly suitable for a virtual machine, in my case from VMWare.
Knowing that virtual graphics adapter does not support Direct3D at all you'd think that it's impossible to run 3D samples like
Boing (bouncing ball). However, don't forget that DirectX has software renderer as well, and it works like a charm!
Thus there is no excuse not to try out Avalon - it is the future of Windows GUI development, and we know how much users love eye candy.
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