I said that Eclipse only runs well on 2GB of ram and then everyone comes out of the woodwork and says "I got 2GB of RAM and it runs fine!" What is the point of that post?
I'm very glad for you that have 2GB of RAM (and mildly jealous), but the average non-brand-spanking new machine has 512MB of RAM which is simply not enough to run Eclipse properly. I also specifically said that it uses 400MB of [RAM + VM] and I get responses from people that clearly leave off the VM (which is extremely relevant). For reference, in order to see the total RAM (including VM) that an app uses, open Task Manager, click View, click Columns, check off "Virtual Memory" and sum the RAM + Virtual Memory for the total RAM used. After using eclipse for 5 minutes, you will see the total RAM is at or (far) above 400GB. That is an obscene amount of memory for a program to use. Visual Studio, which is all the IDE Eclipse is and more, uses 1/10 (~40MB) of that at load time and 1/3 (100 - 150MB) of that when you have 20 files open and are compiling software. I honestly dont understand how everyone cheers about such a poorly written memory hog. I understand that its free and you get what you pay for, but there are limits. In short, as I said in my original post, use Eclipse if you have 2GB or more of RAM. Don't if you don't. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:282149 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
