insert s/t in 2008

When I was watching Merge slide show. I have observed
You can insert records with the following statement
INSERT INTO Production.UnitMeasure VALUES ((N'F2', N'Square Feet', GETDATE()),(N'Y2', N'Square Yards', GETDATE()));
Any internal details which one performs better writign multiple inserts OR writing insert statement like above?
another FUNNY stuff
fter installing Katmai BOL Crogram FilesMicrosoft SQL Server100License TermsLicense_BOL_en.txt
If you open this file it shows
MICROSOFT SQL SERVER 2005 BOOKS ONLINE

Satya,
I do not have 2008 on my machine. I can't test it. IF you guys find something intersting please let me know.

Looks like you can have a series of VALUES clauses, separated with a comma.
Not really new functionality - we can use SELECT with a values list, and we can use UNION:
INSERT INTO Production.UnitMeasure
SELECT N'F2', N'Square Feet', GETDATE()
UNION SELECT N'Y2', N'Square Yards', GETDATE()

I shouldn't think there would be much difference between the 2 different ways of constructing the insert statement.

Agree - just pointing out that it's probably a new variation on existing syntax in Katmai, which can already be implemented with other existing syntax in current SQL versions.