It would be really nice to have a microsoft rep in here to answer questions. Because what I really want is visual studio that can build C++ win32 MFC executables without having to run Windows in a virtual machine. Can it do that? I don't know.
Scott wouldn't be able to help... I don't believe he has any influence at all with the VS Team. (or team that works on VS for Mac since it's a different team because it's built with Xamarin)