Yeah these features are overrated. You can still autocomplete based on existing words in the same file by pressing Ctrl+N, but otherwise just typing it out or copying is totally OK.
I've also experienced autocomplete in NetBeans IDE so slow that it was just faster to type it out.
I quite value syntax highlighting though. Back then I used Turbo Pascal 5.5 on PC XT because it was way faster and less demanding than Turbo Pascal 6.0, but I remember not having a syntax highlighting was quite worse experience. You could get used to do without though.
But it also depends on the language. I've seen some Lua code without syntax highlighting and it was just a soup of words, very unreadable. Whereas something like C with symbols is OK.
I've also experienced autocomplete in NetBeans IDE so slow that it was just faster to type it out.
I quite value syntax highlighting though. Back then I used Turbo Pascal 5.5 on PC XT because it was way faster and less demanding than Turbo Pascal 6.0, but I remember not having a syntax highlighting was quite worse experience. You could get used to do without though.
But it also depends on the language. I've seen some Lua code without syntax highlighting and it was just a soup of words, very unreadable. Whereas something like C with symbols is OK.