The May 2005 edition of Australian Personal Computer magazine is carrying the Personal edition of Borland Delphi 2005. I usually find that APC is so content-free that it's not even worth browsing, but I justified the purchase this month by thinking of it as a free magazine attached to a $10 copy of Delphi.
I have only had a cursory glance at the software so far, but it promises to unify the IDE for my last two major projects, FractalPeaks (.Net, done in C# Builder) and WimpWall (Delphi 6). The old C# Builder was pleasantly lightweight, but carried some unfortunate bugs, so this new version is welcome. The new Delphi, on the other hand, carries a sense of forboding, given that no version since 3 has improved on its predecessor.
Update 3 Jan 2006:
The French version can be downloaded from Developpez.com.
You may also still be able to order back issues of magazines which had it on their cover discs. These include:
- Australian Personal Computer - May 2005 - now sold out
- Germany's PC Magazin - May 2005
- UK's PC Plus Issue 232
- UK's PC Pro - May 2005
Update 5 Oct 2006: Doom9 has another source, and good information about 3rd-party fixes.