My machine is a Pentium II with 512MB memory running 1JDK .4._01 and W2K. Let me try to rephrase my thoughts since I sense I might be misinterpreted.
With IDEA up and running, it should never pause when I start typing or scrolling up and down the page. It really is that simple. That is my main concern. I am not talking about pausing to perform an autocomplete of syntax. I just dont know what IDEA is "thinking about" when I start typing. I haven't asked it to do anything. I am just trying to type. To make matters worse, it seems very responsive when I first load it, but throughout the day, it gets progressively worse. This leads to slow delays when I click on the various tabs (Structure, Project, Ant Build, Find, etc.). I'm getting killed on this forum with many people debating my notion of "editor" vs. IDE. For all intents and purposes, I could fire up IDEA to cut a memo. Not that I would, mind you, but the very act of typing causes delays. I just dont see how this is possible. This might be attributed to Swing. I am not placing blame on the programmers at IntelliJ. I am just making an observation. And venting frustration when I see a 3 second delay upon pressing the backspace key. :-) "Erik Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message akod56$41c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:akod56$41c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > "Michael Morett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > akm7oi$ptp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:akm7oi$ptp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Erik, > > > > my friend...buy a new computer to use an IDE? > > Yeah, I figured I was spending 80% of my day using IDEA, so I might as well > optimize my environment for it. There are some costs associated with writing > software, and one of them is having a fast machine. > > > > can i place the order on dell.com and you pick up the tab? > > If you are developing software for money, then hopefully your company (or > client or whatever) would want to buy you a fast machine to make you more > productive. If you are developing software for fun, then it's obviously > harder to justify buying new hardware. (But on the bright side, at least you > aren't making films as a hobby. That would be really expensive... :) If you > are developing software for fun, perhaps you need to make a choice between > buying a new computer or reverting to an older EAP or the 2.6 release > version. I certainly wouldn't want to go back now that I'm used to all the > great recent features, but at least you'd be able to type... > > > > i know you're half kidding about this suggestion. To your point "But its > > basic mission is not to simply edit files. Its mission is to introduce > some > > intelligence into a development environment, and I think it does a great > > job." > > > > It can't introduce intelligence to anything unless I am allowed to type it > > in first. It can't refactor code that isn't there. > > Well that's true. I guess if it's too slow to type anything, it's not worth > much. Luckilly, the beta cycle is nearing an end (supposedly), so we should > start seeing performance improvements soonish. > > _______________________________________________ Eap-features mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features
