> Again - if you ever need to swap, then you must be coding on a netbook...
Please read up on virtual memory.
> You need Resharper for all of that. And VS can easily grab 500 MB of RAM too, especially after a week of work without restarting it (memory fragmentation, maybe some leaks).
VS2012 includes many of the features provided by ReSharper. What does restarting an IDE have to do with this? My point still stands: an IDE should be light-weight and responsive. A heavy memory footprint (which is a hall-mark of Java-based IDEs) is not helpful in achieving this regardless of what kind of machine you're running it on!
Please read up on virtual memory.
> You need Resharper for all of that. And VS can easily grab 500 MB of RAM too, especially after a week of work without restarting it (memory fragmentation, maybe some leaks).
VS2012 includes many of the features provided by ReSharper. What does restarting an IDE have to do with this? My point still stands: an IDE should be light-weight and responsive. A heavy memory footprint (which is a hall-mark of Java-based IDEs) is not helpful in achieving this regardless of what kind of machine you're running it on!