Entourage 2008 sync problems fixed?

Hey Entourage users,
Is Entourage 2008 now synching correctly with Address Book?
FYI I bought Office 2008 the minute it came out, but when I imported Mail and my Apple Address Book, with synching turned on, Entourage kept replicating records each time it synched, leaving me with many multiple address listings in Entourage, and screwing up Address Book as well.
Now that there have been patches, I'm curious if this has been fixed. (I don't think anyone will blame me for not wanting to repeat this process again if it's not going to work.) I really need the PIM features of Entourage 2008 and would love for it to be finally usable.
Thanks.

Address book sync'ing working fine with 2004 and 2008 fully patched. I'm still running issues with iCal/Entourage/iPhone sync'ing the calendars.

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