I am trying to figure out whether NetBeans 6.9.1 is having a problem with my machine or is it just slow. I recently switched to NetBeans about 2 weeks ago. So far, the only plug-ins that I have are the PHP ones.
My machine is a 2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo Apple Macbook Pro with a 500 Gb 7200 RPM hard disk and 4 Gb RAM. Activity Monitor shows NetBeans hogging around 95% CPU, 27 Threads and ~ 800 MB of memory. This is for a PHP/Wordpress Plugin that I am working on. It is so bad that the fans will come on at full speed and the machine will get very hot. NetBeans will also slow down to a crawl, along with everything else.
The only other programs that I have running are MAMP, Firefox and Applescript Editor. This never used to happen before I introduced NetBeans on the scene. The strange thing is this will only happen after an extended period of time--say, 12-14 hours. If I let the machine sit without doing anything, the NetBeans CPU usage will hover around 5% (RAM stays the same). As soon as I start doing anything, CPU goes up and the fans come on. I have to shut down NetBeans, let the machine cool down and then start again. Is there a log file or something that I can send to the developers to help them figure this out? It's not a showstopper, but it is annoying.