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The only selling point for many developers is that you need a Mac to compile a program for iOS. Apple would have never gotten any of my money if it weren’t for
by wayneftw 6y ago
The only selling point for many developers is that you need a Mac to compile a program for iOS.
Apple would have never gotten any of my money if it weren’t for that.
- _ph_ 6y agoI am a developer owning a Mac and having never written an iOS application in my life. So yes, that you have to have a Mac to do iOS development did add customers to the Mac platform, but there are many more reasons to own a Mac. For the general consumer it is an attractive platform too, as it is still very easy to use and maintenance is minimal.
- vaxman 6y agoI don’t get the “So yes” part. If you develop for non-Apple platforms on a Mac, it is because of X, Y and Z not because you have “never written an iOS application.” As far as a “general consumer,” they had all be using iPad, Dex or Chromebook by now.
- _ph_ 6y agoThe "so yes" refers to the fact, that some of the Macs are bought just for iOS development, but not the majority. I see a lot of people using Macs just as a general computer and a lot of those Macs are laptops of course. I have not even seen a Chromebook used yet and also don't know anyone using an iPad for typical computer work.