Re:Plain and simple (Score 1)

For Windows development, Visual Studio

I found it exceptionally slow, on a mid 1GHz machine with lots of RAM. Besides, he said Mac/Linux I thought.

I can't suggest anything for Linux, except that CodeWarrior also makes a Linux IDE. I don't recommend developing software using cheap command line text editors or gcc compilers, unless you love being counter productive and frustrated.

Cheap command line text editors? Is that a shot at VI[M]? What's wrong with GCC. Both of these work perfectly well for people who are competant.