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> That's because that amount is set as the maximum heap size. Nope. My maximum heap size is set to 1GB, but the live memory set does not exceed ~200 MB typicall

> That's because that amount is set as the maximum heap size. Nope. My maximum heap size is set to 1GB, but the live memory set does not exceed ~200 MB typically. > If any more memory is required, the disk swapping becomes heavier and heavier. If any more memory would be required it would not swap, but OOM. Again - if you ever need to swap, then you must be coding on a netbook... > Visual Studio does all of what you've mentioned for languages Nope. Not to such extent as IntelliJ is doing it. You need Resharper for all of that. From JetBrains. And VS can easily grab 500 MB of RAM too, especially after a week of work without restarting it (memory fragmentation, maybe some leaks).

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> Again - if you ever need to swap, then you must be coding on a netbook... Please read up on virtual memory. > You need Resharper for all of that. And VS can easily grab 500 MB of RAM too, especially after a week of work without restarting it (memory fragmentation, maybe some leaks). VS2012 includes many of the features provided by ReSharper. What does restarting an IDE have to do with this? My point still stands: an IDE should be light-weight and responsive. A heavy memory footprint (which is a hall-mark of Java-based IDEs) is not helpful in achieving this regardless of what kind of machine you're running it on!