Is it possible to purchase Visual Studio 2010 Premium Edition with out the MSDN subscription?

Question

As the title states...

"Is it possible to purchase Visual Studio 2010 Premium Edition with out the MSDN subscription?"

We would like to purchase VS 2010 Premium but do not need the MSDN subscription. is this possible? if so where?

Answer 1

According to Microsoft's own page, this is not an option. And I doubt it would save you much money anyway if it was an option. The difference for the Pro version is just $400, and since the Premium is $5469 in theory you'd get down to $5069.