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And, of course, it starts at 8GB of RAM to nudge you up from $1100 to $1300/$1500. At which point you might as well spring for the Pro. I can't fault the busi
by the-grump 3y ago
And, of course, it starts at 8GB of RAM to nudge you up from $1100 to $1300/$1500.
At which point you might as well spring for the Pro.
I can't fault the business logic but as someone who'd only use a Mac for occasional iOS development, this nudging upward dissuades me from pursuing that idea altogether.
- bombcar 3y agoOne you get to "reasonable specs" you're into the Pro, and they know it. The Air with 16GB is not too bad, especially if you get the discounts that are everywhere.
- microtonal 3y agoI still want a MacBook Air with 32GB RAM or more. The Air is lighter and more compact than the Pro. (I currently use a MacBook Pro because of the memory limit on the Air.)
- ephemeral-life 3y agoIf you only use it for occasional ios dev, rather get a mac mini. As a bonus, when your done with it, put asahi linux on it and itd be a great home server.
- the-grump 3y agoI've considered that and might end up taking that route but the nice thing about a MacBook is I can take it with me on trips and learn iOS when I get bored. There's a big server rack at home with multiple servers, so the Linux server part isn't a draw in my case.