I'm thinking getting a 2012 MBA 13'/i5/8GB/ 256GB ssd to ios development.
I'm thinking getting a 2012 MBA 13'/i5/8GB/ 256GB ssd to ios development.
I ask the same here so i dont make a new thread about this...
I'm debatting between the MBA base vs the MBP with 256gb SSD and 8gb of ram, of course, i will get the ram and SSD from amazon togheter with the laptop.
My only concern about the air is the ram, 4gb of ram (the one i can get in amazon) i dont know if they will be enough for a good couple of years...
My main use will be development, java, .NET and i hope soon iOS too...
What do you think? The 4gb on the air will last for those 3 or 4 years?? Or i should go directly for the Pro as the ram can be upgraded...
I would really love the air because of the screen and the lightness of it... I'm currently carrying around an MSI GT780 DX, is a mosnter but my back is hurting, so i dont want to go for a laptop that is slower than my iPhone...
Thanks.
Exactly what kind of iOS development are we talking about here? Hello World or Infinity Blade?
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I would get an MBA with 8GB of RAM and an external monitor.
I would love to get the Air with 8gb of ram, that i think would be perfect for my needs for a while...
But because i'm not from USA i cant buy it in the apple store online... Only at a physical store but i guess they dont sell them with 8gb there neither...
Some Apple stores carry the 8 GB model in stock. I am guessing you don't have those either in Uruguay though?
Exactly what kind of iOS development are we talking about here? Hello World or Infinity Blade?
My main use will be development, java, .NET and i hope soon iOS too...
What do you think? The 4gb on the air will last for those 3 or 4 years?? Or i should go directly for the Pro as the ram can be upgraded...
Thanks.
You might want to check out my thread here.
I ended up getting the 13" i7/8/256 MBA. So far I've been using Xcode and Visual Studio in Parallels running Windows 7 Ultimate. I've got 2 cores and 3 GB for the Windows VM, and Xcode and Visual Studio are still both very fast and responsive. Note that I am not doing any 3D or game programming. I've only been at it a week and a half, but so far it's performing extremely well (I'm outputting to my 27" monitor when I'm at my desk).
Hell no lol
I'm going to buy it through amazon and get it sent to a friend in usa, he is in travel for two weeks there, but he is not the right person to go to a store and buy a nice laptop, he will probably buy something from 2003 lol, he does not understand too much about this...
I saw a seller that has the 8gb version, but i dont trust any other than amazon...
Do you know if there is chances on buying in other online place?? That could accept the CC from Uruguay in this case??
Thanks
You could try with B&H
I was able to use google checkout with my guatemalan CC and shipped to my courier in miami, and you could also do a wire transfer to them as well
I was using a rMBP but decided it was too much. Returned it today and my 13"/i5/8GB/128 MBA should arrive anytime after Thursday. I am sure it will be fine as I have been using a lower-res, 1GB RAM, Intel Atom laptop to develop for iOS for months.
Excited!
I've developed several iOS (iPhone and iPad) apps using Xcode on an older MBA 11. No problems whatsoever. It builds apps faster than the Mac Pro I had used before it. The display of the 11 is a bit small for testing iPad apps, but I use a real iPad for that anyway, and the MBA can also hook up a large monitor for working on big artwork.
I have an even faster MBP 13, but I much prefer the MBA 11's portability, as I don't like to sit at a desk or any one spot when developing.
I'm thinking getting a 2012 MBA 13'/i5/8GB/ 256GB ssd to ios development.
I use a 2012 MBA 11/i7/8GB/256GB for iOS (and other) development. I like that I can fit my entire dev studio into a small bag and hop from coffee shop to coffee shop with very little weight. Lots of great Mac OS apps that make handling screen real estate easy. I have five iOS apps in the app store that were developed on an 11" MBA, from medium to large projects (including asset design).
Hope that helps.
Yes, it helps me very much.
About compilation times, there is much difference between a mba and a mbp?
I'm thinking in large projects. I know that ssd makes difference but processor is important too.
Depends on which MBP. The 13" MBP and the CTO MacBook Air (2.0GHz) are pretty close. One of the larger apps I wrote is ~18MB (binary) and compiles pretty quickly (compilation times are not my bottleneck... I am). A lot of people here argue the 2.0GHz upgrade isn't worth it, but if you're using your machine for development, I think it's definitely worth it.
Replacing the rMBP for an MBA? That is just wrong!