Re:Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs (2012)
by nothrabannosir on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @08:12AM
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> Who cares about the resource difference between EMACS and VS Code in real world practicality?
I literally use different apps on battery vs wall power:
wall: Firefox, Slack, VSCode
battery: Safari, mail, Emacs
The difference is clear as night & day. Mac OS X has a tab in Activity Monitor where you can observe energy impact of different apps, and it consistently reports Electron apps as... psychotic. An order of magnitude (10x) more intensive than their native counterparts.
Re:Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs (2012)
by baldfat on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @01:40PM
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But what real world difference besides some battery improvements. They are both fast in terms of responsiveness and I find VS Code to be much easier to customize and get up and running.
Re:Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs (2012)
by verletx64 on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @05:22PM
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Unplugging a laptop from the mains is definitely a thing still.
I am not saying that VS Code is everyone's answer and choice but VS Code is resource friendly enough. Who cares about the resource difference between EMACS and VS Code in real world practicality? I know people love to bash anything electron but it really isn't anything to worry about when programing with anything that is 6 years old or newer.
VS Code is immediate and responsive on my Dell at work (10 years old) (I refuse to give it up even though I have several more computers but everyone needs a spare computer) what do we need besides that in terms of resource-efficient now a days? I know that it use to be a big deal and I propose that its a non-factor these days.