PhpStorm very slow and sluggish on netbook, optimize IDE for responsiveness?

Question

I recently upgraded from PhpStorm 6 to PhpStorm 7. Delighted to see all the improvements, but it runs awfully slow on my low-powered netbook. The delay between typing and se

Answer 1

If you need to speed up PhpStorm right away, turn on Power Save mode. (File > Power Save Mode or using "Hector the Inspector" icon in the IDE status bar). This mode turns off on-the-fly code inspections This way you can finish what you have started, and later decide what code inspections to deactivate.