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Re:Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows by shrikant on Saturday December 21, 2013 @08:11AM (#6946574)
What?? I don't have access to a Windows install right now, but the last time I used ST3 on Windows, it took a heck of a lot longer (~2-3 seconds) to start up than Notepad2.

For micro-edit sessions, Notepad2 is unbeatable.

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Re:Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows by jhasse on Saturday December 21, 2013 @08:25AM (#6946606)
Just tested: less than half a second (it basically came up instantly). I have a SSD though.
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Re:Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows by MatmaRex on Saturday December 21, 2013 @08:54AM (#6946654)
It takes a few seconds to start up for me too. And if it's already running, unrelated tabs appearing are annoying. I use Sublime usually, but Notepad2 when I just want to edit something quickly or have a scratch pad. (I actually replaced Windows' notepad with it.)
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Re:Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows by Numberwang on Saturday December 21, 2013 @01:57PM (#6947535)
ST2 takes 8 seconds for me to start on my laptop. Notepad++ starts in 0.5.
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Re:Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows by Already__Taken on Saturday December 21, 2013 @05:48PM (#6948422)
Yes that's why this discussion is about ST3.
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Re:Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows by Numberwang on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @10:54AM (#6995267)
Upgraded. Same issue.
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Re:Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows by InTheSwiss on Saturday December 21, 2013 @09:25AM (#6946710)
Using ST3b3059 on Windows 8.1 pro x64, 2.5Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 7200RPM Platter and the ST console logs "startup time: 0.0931221", it loaded as fast as vanilla Notepad.
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Re:Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows by deevus on Saturday December 21, 2013 @08:31PM (#6948913)
There was a massive performance boost for startup for ST3. ST2 startup is slow.

That might explain the difference in opinion perhaps.

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