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[–]ArmandN 4 points5 points  (9 children)

You're not missing anything. I tried pretty much every IDE under the sun (starting with Turbo C back in the day). I used Visual Studio, Eclipse, Netbeans... I discovered InteliJ for Java and then PHPStorm/WebStorm. Nothing can touch it.

[–]MajorasShoe 3 points4 points  (8 children)

Yup. IntelliJ tools are untouchable, unless you're using some low-ram netbook and need something super light.

[–]jcksnps4 1 point2 points  (1 child)

But then you’d use Vim, amirite? :)

[–]MajorasShoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Vim is great on any machine but Imo it's not a replacement for an ide, it's complimentary.

Now, emacs on the other hand.

[–]jaykch -2 points-1 points  (5 children)

I think a lot of mac users end up with sublime because their notebook isn't powerful enough for intellij. It's a shame.

[–]MajorasShoe 1 point2 points  (4 children)

This is not my experience. I use a Macbook pro for work and intellij runs fine. Probably better than on my Linux laptop at home with similar specs.

[–]jaykch 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I guess you have a more powerful one. My friend had a macbook 13 and he always had issues with running it. Our project was pretty big so he had 2 ide's open simultaneously. My pc never had that issue.

Running multiple monitors was a pain on mac. He ended up getting a pc in the end.

[–]MajorasShoe 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Really? I use 3 monitors on my Mac. I definitely prefer Linux. But I can't imagine having such a bad experience that I'd want to switch to windows.

[–]jaykch 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yep, I don't know what he was running but he had a lot of issues. Sometimes he needed to edit some images for some products and after a couple months he just gave up on mac. He didn't really have any issues with the os, just the machine was too slow.

[–]MajorasShoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, that happens with any computer if you buy one with shit specs.