The "low power" mode is for stopping running the many inspections on the code continuously while you are typing. That's hundreds of code checks and often an ext

The "low power" mode is for stopping running the many inspections on the code continuously while you are typing. That's hundreds of code checks and often an external code check tool as well (eslint in my case). Obviously, running all those extra tools while typing uses quite a bit of extra power. It has nothing to do with "this IDE is fat" (it is, but that's a separate issue), but with the amount of features run continuously. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11725605/what-is-power-save-mode-in-intellij-idea-and-other-jetbrains-ides http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11725605/what-is-power-sa...