| > No, unfortunately no SSD. I think that's the main problem actually. So since these things have 16GB RAM... If you're on Linux and can get by on 8GB RAM for running IntelliJ/Docker (probably fine?), then you can use the other 8GB as a ramdisk into which you load your stuff your on boot. Try a ramdisk + unionfs that you populate on boot for instance. That'll be faster than a SSD. But: - Increased risk of data loss depending on your strategy for syncing it with the physical partition - Your software has to fit on a ~8GB partition (that'll be cutting it close if you want to store docker containers on there too) - It'll add a minute or so to boot time - when you're copying the physical partition to the ramdisk - It's hacky as fuck - The OS will have less space for caches, which will bite you if you're still using the HDD for any other data But at least you won't be waiting for HDD seeks during auto complete. Don't forget to disable swap, which likes to cause disk access during autocomplete too and would be very counterproductive with this setup. |