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If you are going to go fulltime dev for iOS might as well buy some kind of mac to run it on, perhaps see if it can be done on a mac mini or buy refurbished to s

If you are going to go fulltime dev for iOS might as well buy some kind of mac to run it on, perhaps see if it can be done on a mac mini or buy refurbished to save some money http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac?mco=MTM3NTA4MzQ http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac?mco=M... You say it is relatively inexpensive, so if you have that disposable money you won't have to worry about getting locked out later for some reason if hackintoshs are found and banned. If you are doing it for fun though might as well try the hackintosh if you already have the hardware, though it isn't condoned by apple.

yid 15y ago
I would vastly prefer a $130 investment in an OS over spending more on even a used Mac Mini. Part of me finds the whole Mac-hardware-only for iOS dev abhorrent, but you simply must develop for ios these days. Thanks.
- codenerdz 15y ago
  Abhorrent or not, its the cost of entry. Dont forget that you will also need to spend $99 for the developers license and if you decide to incorporate, its going to cost the filing/organizational/franchise fees as well. But all of these expenses pale in comparison with the cost of your time if you can otherwise making over $50 an hour(think $100+k a year) With a Hackintosh its imperative that you have hardware that is pretty specific, if you expect just any hardware to work flawlessly youre in for a bag of hurt. Thats why most Hackintosh guides provide you a list of "supported" motherboards, videocards, etc. Anything outside of this list and you will face difficulties with sound, wireless network, u name it