Guid.NewGuid() vs. new Guid()

Question

What\'s the difference between Guid.NewGuid() and new Guid()?

Which one is preferred?

Answer 1

Guid.NewGuid(), as it creates GUIDs as intended.

Guid.NewGuid() creates an empty Guid object, initializes it by calling CoCreateGuid and returns the object.

new Guid() merely creates an empty GUID (all zeros, I think).

I guess they had to make the constructor public as Guid is a struct.