NetBeans 4.1 Performance Survey

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Results Summary

Q1a: Specify your HW configuration - RAM:

    ( 8%) RAM <= 256MB
    ( 2%) RAM = 384MB
    (35%) RAM = 512MB
    ( 6%) RAM = 768MB
    (38%) RAM = 1GB
    (10%) RAM > 1GB

Q1b: Specify your HW configuration - CPU frequency:

    ( 9%) CPU <= 1GHz
    (46%) 1GHz < CPU <= 2GHz
    (45%) CPU > 2GHz

Q1c: Specify your HW configuration - number of CPUs:

    (93%) 1 CPU
    ( 6%) 2 CPUs
    ( 1%) > 2 CPUs

Q2: Which operating systems do you use NetBeans 4.1 on?

    (69%) Windows XP
    (17%) Windows 2000/NT
    ( 1%) Windows other
    (33%) Linux
    ( 3%) Solaris SPARC
    ( 2%) Solaris x86
    ( 3%) MacOS
    ( 1%) OS/2
    ( 1%) FreeBSD

Q3: Which JDK version do you run the NetBeans IDE on?

    ( 2%) Sun JDK 1.4.0(_xx)
    ( 1%) Sun JDK 1.4.1(_xx)
    (36%) Sun JDK 1.4.2(_xx)
    (81%) Sun JDK 1.5.0(_xx)
    ( 2%) Sun JDK 1.6.0 EA

Q4: Do you use any additional command-line switches to tune the VM performance (-Xmx, -Xms, -incgc, etc.)?

    (80%) no
    (20%) yes

Q5: What size (number of java files) is the largest project you use with NetBeans 4.1?

    ( 3%) > 10.000
    ( 5%) 5.000 - 10.000
    (17%) 1.000 - 5.000
    (34%) 100 - 1.000
    (21%) 50 - 100
    (20%) < 50

Q6: How would you rate the overall responsiveness of NetBeans 4.1?

    (12%) great
    (52%) good
    (29%) fair
    ( 6%) bad
    ( 1%) terrible

Q7: How would you rate the speed with which menus appear (including context menus)?

    (19%) great
    (53%) good
    (23%) fair
    ( 4%) bad
    ( 1%) terrible

Q8: How would you rate the responsiveness of browsing packages and files in the explorer?

    (18%) great
    (51%) good
    (25%) fair
    ( 5%) bad
    ( 1%) terrible

Q9: How would you rate the responsiveness of typing in the editor?

    (22%) great
    (51%) good
    (22%) fair
    ( 4%) bad
    ( 1%) terrible

Q10: How would you rate the responsiveness of navigating (scrolling, moving around in files, switching between files) in the editor?

    (21%) great
    (49%) good
    (23%) fair
    ( 7%) bad
    ( 1%) terrible

Q11: How would you rate the responsiveness of the editor's code-completion?

    ( 9%) great
    (29%) good
    (36%) fair
    (18%) bad
    ( 6%) terrible
    ( 2%) I haven't used it

Q12: How would you rate the responsiveness of stepping through code in the debugger?

    (10%) great
    (32%) good
    (24%) fair
    ( 9%) bad
    ( 3%) terrible
    (23%) I haven't used it

Q13: How would you rate the responsiveness of browsing debugging information in the debugger?

    ( 9%) great
    (32%) good
    (25%) fair
    ( 7%) bad
    ( 3%) terrible
    (25%) I haven't used it

Q14: How would you rate the performance of compilation?

    (28%) great
    (44%) good
    (18%) fair
    ( 7%) bad
    ( 2%) terrible
    (<1%) I haven't used it

Q15: How would you rate the responsiveness of Version Control related functionality?

    ( 6%) great
    (19%) good
    (20%) fair
    ( 5%) bad
    ( 2%) terrible
    (48%) I haven't used it

Q16: How would you rate the responsiveness of Web and J2EE application development?

    ( 8%) great
    (26%) good
    (15%) fair
    ( 4%) bad
    ( 2%) terrible
    (45%) I haven't used it

Q17: How would you rate the performance of deployment to Tomcat and Sun Java System Application Server?

    (11%) great
    (24%) good
    (13%) fair
    ( 4%) bad
    ( 3%) terrible
    (46%) I haven't used it

Q18: How often do you use NetBeans 4.1 during your work day?

    (71%) most of the time, the IDE is my main application
    (25%) occasionally, for specific tasks
    ( 4%) rarely

Q19: How often do you launch NetBeans 4.1?

    (42%) several times a day
    (34%) once a day
    (18%) several times a week
    ( 6%) once a week

Q20: Do you see the startup time of NetBeans 4.1 as a problem?

    (27%) no, it starts fast enough
    (64%) no, but I would appreciate it being faster
    ( 9%) yes, it is a big problem for me

Q21: Have you ever experienced gradual performance degradation that could only be remedied by restarting NetBeans 4.1?

    (44%) no
    (46%) sometimes
    (11%) frequently

Q22: Have you ever encountered an OutOfMemoryError with NetBeans 4.1?

    (80%) no
    (18%) sometimes
    ( 2%) frequently