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.