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Hardware requirements for eclipse (indigo) on windows 7 32 bit

How much ram and processing power are required to run eclipse smoothly?

I plan to build plugins by extending EMF, GEF.

Solution

  • If you want to be confortable to build plugins, 2GB of RAM is a minimum since you would need multiple Eclipse instances (at least the instance where you have the code of the plugin and the instance where your plugin is running). For the processor, pretty much anything released in the last 4 years (except low end processor) and you're good.

    I had a Core 2 Duo with 2GB of RAM a year ago and while it was a bit slow from time to time, I could do my job with 2/3 Eclipse instances. Now with a Core i7 and 6GB, I run daily with 6+ Eclipse instances without feeling any problem.

    Stephane Begaudeau