Vista is not a good platform for Java software development.

[poltr1]

I can't get any work done today.

For the past several weeks, I've been getting "out of heap space" errors when I try to run code through the debugger. This is despite me having 3 Gb of memory on my machine.

The Eclipse startup icon on my desktop has the following command:
C:\eclipse\eclipse\eclipse.exe -vmargs -Xms512M -Xmx768M -XX:PermSize=256M -XX:MaxPermSize=512M

Everything I’ve seen on the Web about this suggests I boost up the parameters. I think I’ve boosted them as high as I can go. (I tried 1024M and the virtual machine wouldn’t start.) I even tried running MyEclipse 6.0.1, but I'm still getting the out of heap space errors.

Another big factor is that I'm the only one in the office running Vista and IE 7, because the machine came with it pre-installed. Everyone else is running XP, and not having problems.

I therefore deem Vista not suitable for Java software development with Eclipse.

Comments

Ouch - that hurts

[urban-terrorist.livejournal.com]

Have you considered trying Eclipse on Ubuntu at home to see if it works, and if it does, try and talk them into setting up your workstation in dual boot configuration to test. It would be useful to prove that Vista is the real problem. While the fact that everything worked fine on XP makes me think that it is Vista, it doesn't hurt to be sure.

Re: Ouch - that hurts

[poltr1]

I still can't get the modem or network card to work on the laptop. And I doubt the folks at work would want me to use Ubuntu because it's different from what everyone else has.

In any case, I found a copy of XP w/Service Pack 1 to install at work. And XP Service Pack 3 is now out.

Re: Ouch - that hurts

[urban-terrorist.livejournal.com]

Don't know if I'd want to run SP3, SP2 was a botch up (it interfered with some programs I was running - however the computers I've switched to Linux run the program flawlessly). SP1 was fine though.

And that is a problem with Windows - if Microsoft makes a change that interferes with your software, you are screwed. Same thing happens with Linux and there's a patch out to fix the issue in a couple of days. Work of course is another issue. I use Windows there, because that's what we are set up for, and changing would be too big a hassle.