Well for me I think the issue is that prior to JVM 1.4, the JVM supplied by Apple is compiled for PowerPC processors. I’m using an Intel processor, so the JVM is running under emulation, which makes it extremely slow. Even the UI is a little slow responding. Not sure why this didn’t work before, but I just replaced the JVM with version 1.4 (which is compiled for Intel) and now this thing is working great – it’s very fast.
Thanks so much for the help.
