Odd. I have 5.5 and 2007r1 on my trusty old PowerBook G4 (768MB RAM) and both seem about the same speed, both in the IDE and in compilation.
Ian. -- On 19 Feb 2007, at 11:48 am, Andy Dent wrote: > I moved up from 5.5.5 directly to 2007r1. > > There are some things about the new IDE that are definitely > productivity improvers, which you will have seen I think in 2006: > - navigating by typing classes and methods into the Location field > - being able to tear off multiple search results tabs. > - version-control format is great although needs considerable work > if you want to share code - it's really just a good alternative > storage format for one person who wants to check code into version- > control and doesn't share code between projects. > > HOWEVER > 1) if you have less than 2GB RAM, preparation of plugins takes a > VERY long time especially if you have little free disk space > (contrary to popular belief, OS/X WILL allocate new swapfiles that > are highly fragmented but the performance loss is exponential) > > 2) working with multiple windows is very fragile. Any time a double- > click on a search result or compile error takes you to another > window, crash! > > 3) overall navigation around the IDE is slow compared to 5.5 - slow > typing and slower editing the GUI, on anything less than an Intel Mac. > > On 19/02/2007, at 11:57 AM, R > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
