Um, I think that is because Netbeans and Eclipse are ides, while Textmate is bas...

jrockway · on Jan 6, 2010

The problem with that distinction is that "programming text editors" basically have all the features of "IDEs".

nailer · on Jan 7, 2010

I think the issue with Eclipse is the latency in whatever Java uses currently for drawing widgets (SWT?).

Right click a project in Eclipse on your Core 2 Duo, and time how long it waits for the context menu to show up. Then right click any other IDE, text editor, or non-Java app, and attempt to do the same.