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There's also the school of thought that you should be using the hardware configuration you expect most users will be running and make sure your product runs acc

There's also the school of thought that you should be using the hardware configuration you expect most users will be running and make sure your product runs acceptable on it. This might have been true for desktop software development, but not in this case. In the context of mobile apps, it's the testing devices might as well be low-end ones, not the development machines.

kybernetyk 13y ago
Are we talking about iOS now? I just replied to your > If you're a developer, you should have the best development gears you can afford. generalization.
- teemujin 13y ago
  we do it all... mostly iOS / Android and Cloud based stuff though... its interesting how people are worried about my set up... haha... I added those details for drama...I guess it worked. My machine is old... but I can get plenty of work done - and really its fine for Xcode and developing mobile apps or doing cloud based development as well... its actually amazing how far these machines can take you now a days....
  - stevenwei 13y ago
    I spent 2 years programming on a 13" Macbook Air while traveling...it was doable, but I'm definitely a lot more productive now with a pair of 27" monitors! (Still plugged into the MBA though.)
    - teemujin 13y ago
      :) yes big monitors are good! and more comfortable for sure... but I can't really lug them with me thru the airports in Moscow...and I don't want to buy one here and leave it to rot while Im gone... already have too much stuff in storages.