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I've been holding back to find a suitable machine for a bit of XCode development, web browsing and mail, and I'm pretty close to concluding this'd be good enoug
by aa-jv 8mo ago
I've been holding back to find a suitable machine for a bit of XCode development, web browsing and mail, and I'm pretty close to concluding this'd be good enough, but I'm pretty sure I'd be better off with something heftier, since I mostly just want to develop JUCE stuff on MacOS .. anyone got opinions on this so far? How does the A18 versus Mx architecture factor into things, will we need to write slightly different code for each, or can we write ARM assembly that will be fine in both environments?
- bearjaws 8mo agoYou are gonna wish you had gotten at least 16gb of ram.
- TYPE_FASTER 8mo agoYes. I have a 2020 MBP M1 with 16G and similar vintage MacMini M1 with 8G. The difference in performance was kinda surprising to me. You want 16G of RAM at least.
- frizlab 8mo agoIf you want to use Xcode (lowercase c) and generally do any dev stuff, don’t take the Neo. It’s not what it has been made for. Also no, there won’t be any need for different code depending on A* vs M* chips (unless doing very specific code, but if you’re wondering whether to take the Neo, that won’t be your case).
- aa-jv 8mo agoYup, thanks for the advice, definitely leaning towards something with just a little bit more power ..
- jmkni 8mo agoYou could probably pick up a better spec used Air for the same money I imagine XCode will run on this ok but it might be a bit painful
- mfro 8mo agoJust get an M1 macbook air. Way cheaper, and you get can 16GB of memory.
- thenthenthen 8mo agoAgree, i bought a second hand one about a year ago, 16gb, 500gb for about 200usd. Super machine
- kylec 8mo agoI'm going to echo what others have said, Xcode will run on 8GB but the moment you need simulators or iOS canvas previews it will need more memory. You can probably get by on the Neo, but it won't be ideal. I suggest an M4 Mac mini instead.