Different IDEs

There are so many different IDEs to chose from these days. Ever since I started coding I have been using TextPad since our professor told us that would be the best way to learn Java since it doesn't show you any IntelliSense thus making you really thing about what you're doing. But just recently (last month) i started looking at different IDEs or Integrated Development Environments. Right now I'm using IntelliJIDEA 6.0 and it's great and it has so many useful tools and functios, to bad that it's trial software and I'll have to pay for it in less then a month in order to use it...

I'm just not sure if it is worth it (I think the price is around $100, and around $300 for a better version). I would like to hear from people that are using it, what they think about it and if it has any major problems and/or bugs.

I also used NetBeans but for some reason i like IDEA more but will probably switch back to NetBeans once the trial on IDEA expires (unless i get some good feedback on it :) ).

I heard about some other IDEs too, such as Eclipse and JCreator but i never got to use them...for now...

So for now I'll stick with IDEA until my subscription expires (Aug 31, I believe) and after that who knows... any suggestions are welcome.



~DR.