Eclipse is a resource hog... what can I do about that?

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Eclipse is a resource hog... what can I do about that?

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Whenever I run Eclipse, my machine just about craps itself... but as far as PHP editors go, in my mind there are none better. Is there anything I can do about how much of a resource hog it is?
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I've found it to be pretty good on resources as far as Java-based editors go. Then again, I've only run it on either dual CPU or dual core computers.
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It runs fine on my Athlon 3400. And on my P4 at work. What is your system setup?
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On winxp it used to choke my 2700+, but on Linux it's very smooth.
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it runs just fine on my laptop (winXP Pentium M 1.5) w/512 ram, but my work computer is really lame (like 4 hundred something mb ram and a 2ghz processor on winxp... I'm not sure why it runs so slow, but it does). Everybody in the office just got brand new 24" iMacs, and I still have my crappy little windows pos. I think he's going to buy something better for me soon... hopefully anyway.
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Post by wei »

add more memory if you can. If you have an IBM laptop, you can try the IBM's java VM, a little quicker in my experience.
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