[georgerobinson]

I really want to agree with you that Atom is awesome, and it is, in principle, but in reality a text editor should not be using 300MB of RAM. Sublime Text, which I consider to be a direct competitor, barely uses 20MB of memory on my machine even after hours of use. Heck, does Intellij even use that much memory?

I'm just really discouraged with how more and more desktop apps are being written in HTML, CSS and Javascript and suffer in quality as a result.

[iSnow]

Considering my first 16 Bit computer had 3MB RAM and ran MS Word alongside a GUI, I am wary to say "Amount X of RAM is preposterous for a given task".

As long as Moore's law provides enough lift under our wings, RAM usage is one of the less important aspects of an application. However, I fear the trend of building application UI's in HTML/CSS because invariably it will lead to wildly inconsistent look, feel and behavior.

[lfowles]

Reminds me of the quip that goes something like this: "What's the best way to save 10 dollars? Earn 10 dollars more."

[xorcist]

Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping used to be a joke.

Sigh. I feel old.

[merb]

IntelliJ has something between 100mb and 700mb depending how much projects you have open and what language you use.