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Ask HN: Is the 15 inch MacBook Air good for iOS development?
And if so, with how much memory and how much storage?
Also, can you run a single-threaded non-graphical simulation on it for hours without significant slowdown due to throttling after a while?
- bombcar 3y agoIf you have an Apple Store nearby, you can buy and try, they have a generous return period. My M1 doesn't appear to ever throttle or even turn the fans on, but I've not been running simulations.
- teelelbrit 3y agoIMO, in 2023 M2 based macbooks are the obvious choice for IOS dev since you can basically test using very similar apple silicon on your macbook.
- nivertech 3y agoI have the same question, but for Mac Mini M2 PRO (2023). What is the lowest spec that will work iOS dev only, not as a primary machine. I guess 16GB will not work, so I listing the ones with 32GB only: Apple Mac Mini M2 PRO (2023) 10C CPU 16C GPU/32GB/512 SSD Apple Mac Mini M2 PRO (2023) 10C CPU 16C GPU/32GB/1TB SSD Apple Mac Mini M2 PRO (2023) 10C CPU 16C GPU/32GB/1TB SSD Apple Mac Mini M2 PRO (2023) 12C CPU 19C GPU/32GB/2TB SSD
- alwillis 3y agoI’m not aware of a reason why you can’t develop an iOS app on a 16Gb Mac mini or MacBook Air. I recall developers raving how well Xcode runs on M1 Macs with 8GB and maxed out at 16GB. Most benchmarks include developement-related data.
- nivertech 3y agoI mean work without hickups, or other little annoying things.