Relief ensues, as the font smoothness in Netbeans, on my small laptop screen, is still apparent on the large LCD. There are neither the groaning slowdowns nor massive spikes in CPU usage that I was getting in Eclipse with the same projects loaded, so the experience is positive all round.
Not to forget that I’ve been using Netbeans for years, so despite the novelty of using an alternative IDE, I somehow feel more productive in Netbeans (though perhaps mainly through familiarity).

So, it would appear that my own “inexorable march to Eclipse” has turned into an all out retreat back into the fold. How does it feel? In the words of Wesley Snipes (in US Marshals, I think): Righteous. Very righteous.

SIDE NOTE: Looking forward to Mustang (Java6) since the fonts in the Linux GTK look-and-feel look even better…