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by gofullappleorno 11y ago
The equipment will be meant to generate revenue. But it can only generate revenue once I learn how to develop for ios\osx. And I can only learn it by having a mac. I don't want shinny. I want something portable (hence the mbp or mba) a
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by gofullappleorno 11y ago
I have considered it, but for a "little" more I would have a lot more portability.
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by gofullappleorno 11y ago
Thank you for commenting. Do you think I should go for the 16gb of ram, or would the 8gb be enough for ios dev? Assuming I don't plan on running any VM in it
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by gofullappleorno 11y ago
Indeed. If I may ask, which sort of development do you do? Web or app? How much ram do you have? And shich ssd size did you choose? Thanks
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by gofullappleorno 11y ago
Too bad my country's Apple store doesn't have refurbished products :(
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by gofullappleorno 11y ago
Thank you very much for you comment. I guess you're right, there's probably no point in upgrading my current machine. But I'm curious you suggest the 15'' mbp with a large ssd. Wouldn't a 13'' mbp be
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by gofullappleorno 11y ago
Thanks for the advice. But, if I won't learn how to develop iOS\OSX applications then I will never have paying work related to it, right? I believe this will be half hobby half investing in my future skills.
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by gofullappleorno 11y ago
Thanks! Will keep an eye in ebay
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by gofullappleorno 11y ago
Isn't running OSX in a VM against its TOS ? I could get my apple ID banned, right? Why do you think the mba is useless? I wouldn't use any CPU intensive programs (eg.: photoshop, video editing)
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Ask HN: Using a mac as the main development system or not
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