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Once $JDK_HOME is setup, a charm.
Of course not as simple as leafpad or notepad.
Thanks Jetbrains.

I am a huge fan of Netbeans. I like to try new things, but am not sure if IntelliJ is worth the transition. Curious if Netbeaners have tried this platform and what they think about it.

Hi Terrance, I can tell you about the difference of IntelliJ IDEA and NetBeans, because I have used both in the past. Both are really nice IDEs but IDEA goes deeper in terms of understanding the languages. For example you get much more quick fixes and code quality related reports. Also many frameworks and technologies are well supported and you can use cross-technology refactorings. Imagine that you e.g. refactor the name of your bean in JSP and then also the Java class, XML and all queries (EJBQL, HQL, etc.) get refactored, too. Also your code never breaks when using refactorings in IDEA, which can't be guaranteed with other IDE's since they can't always refactor all related languages. There is also very nice support for new languages such as Groovy, Scala or Clojure, so if you like new languages, IDEA is ahead of the curve in supporting them. IDEA is also very keyboard-centric and editor-oriented. So once you get used to the shortcuts you'll be very productive and fast, sometimes in NetBeans the dialogs and wizards are a bit cumbersome. Finally memory consumption of IDEA is much lower than the memory consumption of NetBeans. If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask.
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Thanks Roman. I will give it a try.