How can you speed up Eclipse?

Question

How can you make the experience with Eclipse faster?

For instance: I disable all the plugins I don\'t need (Mylyn, Subclipse, …).<

Answer 1

Along with the latest software (latest Eclipse and Java) and more RAM, you may need to

• Remove the unwanted plugins (not all need Mylyn and J2EE version of Eclipse)
• unwanted validators
• disable spell check
• close unused tabs in Java editor (yes it helps reducing Eclipse burden)
• close unused projects
• disable unwanted label declaration (SVN/CVS)
• disable auto building

reference:making-eclipse-ide-faster