Ask HN: is PHPstorm worth the price, over Aptana?

I would say yes. PHP Storm, if nothing else, is a lot more system friendly for me than any other IDE I have tried (incl. Aptana, Zend Studio, Netbeans, etc.)

Definitely. JetBrains have the best IDEs out there and you save a lot of time developing.

So it's CHEAPER to pay for PHPStorm.

Yes, you cheap!

Not at all!

Yes, barely