I use Resharper (R#) on a less powerful work machine (i5 8GB) and it works OK, there are times where VS (2012) seems to be horribly slow - and I don't know if t

I use Resharper (R#) on a less powerful work machine (i5 8GB) and it works OK, there are times where VS (2012) seems to be horribly slow - and I don't know if that's caused by R# or not. R# adds too much power to VS for me to give it up. Having said that, I use IntelliJ IDEA both at work and home - and it generally feels faster and more responsive than VS/R#. Rider is based on the IDEA platform. One thing to note is that VS is kind of a 1-stop shop for a lot of "things" - writing code, database work (especially MSSQL), diagrams, GUI design for both HTML and actual desktop apps, etc. Things you use a mouse for, not a keyboard. IntelliJ has some of this with plugins, but it's focus is writing code and helping you as a developer to write/refactor/work with that code. I often find people who really think VS is the best IDE to use these other features, whereas I do mainly code and prefer IntelliJ (or even Atom) over VS.