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I want to concentrate to develop apps for my 4 year old son to use, I plan to start learning objective and make some very basic apps so I can guide my son to learn.
I have a MacBook Air, 64GB hard drive, 1.6M memory, lion system. Is that good enough?
I think lion is good enough to download the xcode 4 (I used my friend's 10.6.8 and not able to download it), just want to make sure.
I just lost my job so I am hoping that I don't have to spend any extra money.
It will work, you'll probably find that the screen is a little small to have the different panels open together or work using the assistant editor.
Go on the Mac App Store and download Xcode, you'll soon realise whether your MBA is suitable or not.
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I have never opened that Mac box yet, I think 11 in similar to an ipad, it might be small for the screen.
the specs
1366 by 768 (native), 1344 by 756, and 1280 by 720 pixels at 16:9 aspect ratio 1152 by 720 and 1024 by 640 pixels at 16:10 aspect ratio 1024 by 768 and 800 by 600 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio
I am trying to figure out to hook up with a 21 inch monitor and an external hard drive (a keyboard too if it's possible), so it should be no difference as a bigger one as long as it's basic system configure meet the requirement of objective-c and xcode's requirement.
I'm developing on a 13 inch air right now and the system is more than capable for any of the development I've thrown at it. The screen could be the only issue if you're used to bigger screens, but full-screen apps really helps a lot imo
I have used an Air for about a year and a half, but just got one of the fully-loaded retina MacBook Pro's. Aside from the small screen (13-inch), I had no complaints at all with using the AirBook - add an external monitor and it's a great set up.
I used a MacBook Pro 15-inch before that and now that I am back to that platform, I must admit I like it best.
I use a 2011 MacBook Air 13" as my primary (actually, the only) development machine, and I'm very happy with it. I don't know if the older model you describe would be as good. I think that the SSD makes a huge difference for development (I/O is often a bottleneck when building code on a system with a regular hard drive).
What's the comparison of a macbook air with Apple Mac mini MC238LL/A Desktop?
Which is better to use for developing apps? I definitely will have to hook either to a bigger monitor.
Thanks
One is portable and one is not. Both can be used. Development doesn't require a powerful machine. Its more about comfort. Bigger screen, better keyboard/mouse, better chair, etc all help.
Most definitely. However I do find Xcode hard to use on my 13" MBA. Especially when it comes to debugging in iPad simulator and the new iPhone 5 simulator.
Try investing in an external monitor, from my experiences, it's a pain using just the MBA when having IB and your implementation files open at the same time (i.e Assistant Editor), trust me, as you get into way bigger projects, it will hurt you.
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Go on the Mac App Store and download Xcode, you'll soon realise whether your MBA is suitable or not.
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0 • Off Topic Insightful Disagree Dislike Like AwesomeI have never opened that Mac box yet, I think 11 in similar to an ipad, it might be small for the screen.
the specs
1366 by 768 (native), 1344 by 756, and 1280 by 720 pixels at 16:9 aspect ratio
1152 by 720 and 1024 by 640 pixels at 16:10 aspect ratio
1024 by 768 and 800 by 600 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio
I am trying to figure out to hook up with a 21 inch monitor and an external hard drive (a keyboard too if it's possible), so it should be no difference as a bigger one as long as it's basic system configure meet the requirement of objective-c and xcode's requirement.
It sounds good news. Thanks a lot! :)
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0 • Off Topic Insightful Disagree Dislike Like AwesomeAside from the small screen (13-inch), I had no complaints at all with using the AirBook - add an external monitor and it's a great set up.
I used a MacBook Pro 15-inch before that and now that I am back to that platform, I must admit I like it best.
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