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I'm sorry but if you need a mac you should buy a mac. Else you really don't need a mac, especially for something like iphone development which requires an init

• elai 17y ago
  No you don't, especially with a high risk of unprofitability (I am an iphone developer). I own a macbook nano & a desktop hackintosh for development. It's far better than my previous compromise of just one 15" macbook pro. I tend to find it more awkward if i have the "laptop + external monitor" setup, and prefer a desktop for serious work (not to mention the additional performance). I prefer the macbook nano to my macbook pro portability wise due to its smaller weight and form factor, not to mention less worry of loss & damage being a major expense. If i wanted to get something similar, I would have to spend more than what I spent for my macbook pro just to get a macbook air & thousands for a mac pro. The main mac advantage comes from OSX, otherwise apple would just be another sony vaio, and I think steve jobs is quite aware of that. Actually my perfect "mac laptop" would be a 12" thinkpad x200 with a WXGA+ screen (1440x900), 10 hour battery life, and better performance, size and durability compared to a macbook air (not to mention identical weight), but since the x200's hardware isn't too compatible with osx yet, i'm using a netbook.