I turned a 4gb lenovo pad into a ubuntu box to learn spark a while ago. Didn't get very far but the exp was good. I also have a powerbook that I purchased from

I turned a 4gb lenovo pad into a ubuntu box to learn spark a while ago. Didn't get very far but the exp was good. I also have a powerbook that I purchased from ebay but running xcode seems to be too slow so not sure what to do.