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No way... I bought a Macbook Air for $700-$800 that runs extremely well as a development machine. Most of my long term storage is online anyways. As long as y

No way... I bought a Macbook Air for $700-$800 that runs extremely well as a development machine. Most of my long term storage is online anyways. As long as you get a decent HDD, there's no issues. You don't have to buy Parallels unless you plan on running Windows concurrently for some reason. I own a Macbook Air, a Macbook Pro, and I have a custom PC that I built for gaming. After looking at all the ins-and-outs of what you get with a Mac and using them for a while now, it's well worth any extra cost. To suggest that that cost is $2400 minimum is nonsense, though.

cweagans 11y ago
That really depends on what you're developing. A Macbook Air, for instance, definitely doesn't do what I need. I have a top of the line MBP from Fall 2014 (~$2500), and I'm always running into resource constraints.
Someone1234 11y ago
A Macbook Air goes up to 8GB of RAM per Apple. On the machine I'm currently sitting at my utilisation is 6.7 GB and that isn't running Parallels or two operating systems. The Air is has all of the same issues the $999 Mac Mini does. > You don't have to buy Parallels unless you plan on running Windows concurrently for some reason. Most developers cannot avoid Windows or Linux entirely. I am talking about development as a job, not my Ruby side projects. Business customers utilise Windows and Linux regularly. It cannot be ignored simply because it isn't as fashionable. > To suggest that that cost is $2400 minimum is nonsense, though. I said development machine, not minimum. You might be able to do it cheaper, but you'll either wind up with a HDD instead of an SSD, or an SSD so tiny (128 GB) that you'll soon regret it. In 2015 I'm looking at 16 GB of RAM, i7, some kind of graphics acceleration, minimum 512 GB SSD (or a 256 GB SSD + internal HDD). That's what my desktop and Windows based laptop offer, to get it on Mac I am looking at $2K+ easy. The top end 15" MBP meets all of my requirements but it costs $2,499 + tax.

cweagans 11y ago

That really depends on what you're developing. A Macbook Air, for instance, definitely doesn't do what I need. I have a top of the line MBP from Fall 2014 (~$2500), and I'm always running into resource constraints.

Someone1234 11y ago

A Macbook Air goes up to 8GB of RAM per Apple. On the machine I'm currently sitting at my utilisation is 6.7 GB and that isn't running Parallels or two operating systems. The Air is has all of the same issues the $999 Mac Mini does. > You don't have to buy Parallels unless you plan on running Windows concurrently for some reason. Most developers cannot avoid Windows or Linux entirely. I am talking about development as a job, not my Ruby side projects. Business customers utilise Windows and Linux regularly. It cannot be ignored simply because it isn't as fashionable. > To suggest that that cost is $2400 minimum is nonsense, though. I said development machine, not minimum. You might be able to do it cheaper, but you'll either wind up with a HDD instead of an SSD, or an SSD so tiny (128 GB) that you'll soon regret it. In 2015 I'm looking at 16 GB of RAM, i7, some kind of graphics acceleration, minimum 512 GB SSD (or a 256 GB SSD + internal HDD). That's what my desktop and Windows based laptop offer, to get it on Mac I am looking at $2K+ easy. The top end 15" MBP meets all of my requirements but it costs $2,499 + tax.