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I agree with the gist of your statement, but a if an Air is good enough for iOS development (and there are a few blog posts out there that say it is), then a ba
by tvon 15y ago
I agree with the gist of your statement, but a if an Air is good enough for iOS development (and there are a few blog posts out there that say it is), then a baseline Mini will be fine.
- gte910h 15y agoThat SSD is a huge differentiation. It's amazing how much that updates compile speeds. Buying a mac mini to do iOS development is buying pain and a computer you're just going to have to replace.
- 18pfsmt 15y agoI'm curious why you wouldn't just buy a small SSD (i.e. 40GB) and put it in the mini yourself?
- redrobot5050 15y agoCurrent Mac Mini's solder the cable to the drive and it's not swappable. (It's like the new iMac's drives -- which have apple specific firmware and thermal systems, but worse.)
- Anechoic 15y ago> Current Mac Mini's solder the cable to the drive ifixit.com seems to indicate otherwise: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/Installing-Mac-mini-Model-A1347-Hard-Drive-Cable/3171/7 http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/Installing-Mac-mini-Model...
- redrobot5050 15y agoI stand correct. My friend went to an Apple certified tech to get her laptop HD swapped with her Mac Mini HD, because they wanted more of their music on the laptop because they traveled often, and the Apple tech couldn't do it. Issue with the Mac Mini and how it makes the HD a non-user servicable part.
- gte910h 15y agoThat might make it work. I think that's the big differential between MBA and mini. I'd be curious to see that build some various app types. I don't know of anyone putting that forth as the low cost solution (nor is that sort of change out easy for someone who's really terrified to break their $700 computer and not used to fiddling with that stuff).
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