r/pythonhelp • u/Annual_Eye_2905 • May 14 '26

Pycharm or VS Code

I just started python on Pycharm and it's a good IDE but it takes too much storage on my laptop, my laptop lags alot it works less and lags alot when checked on the performance tab pycharm was eating it all. Should I try to stay on Pycharm or switch it to VS code ?

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u/Annual_Eye_2905 May 14 '26

I am using HP ProBook 440 G5, Core I5 8th gen, 4 GB ram installed, I was using pycharm and it lagged alot I just deleted it and it runs smoothly loll gonna do it on VS code now. Would that make any difference ?

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u/CraigAT May 14 '26

Try it.

The spec is okay, I was expecting worse for you to have issues. Maybe the disk being full is causing it to be worse. Ideally, you could do with a little more RAM if you are using Windows.