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by jwilliams 6420 days ago
The author claims that with a 2.4ghz/2gb Mac they couldn't run Eclipse... I've been running Eclipse on a similar/lower spec (2yo MBP) for ages - and this is a Java,C/C++/Flex workspace.

No problems at all.... In fact it seems to churn the disk considerably less than my colleague's Vista Dell machine.

So not sure where that is coming from at all. The MBP is almost the ideal Eclipse workstation imho.
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DenisM 6420 days ago
Maybe yor are running different version of Eclipse? I have a feeling that Ganymede is slower than Europa.

FWIW, I also find eclipse (Ganymede) to be a bit slow on my 2.4Ghz Mac Book Pro (Mac OS X). I think I'll splash out for a solid state disk as soon I find one with good ratings.

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jwilliams 6420 days ago
Yeah I'm running Ganymede - was running Europa - seems a bit slower, but not significantly.

I'm using Java and C/C++ at the moment - but I used a base install and then added the bits I wanted. Maybe the J2EE/whatever Eclipse releases have a whole lot of other cruft? Not sure, but it's plenty usable for me.

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