Hi, I'm looking into buying my first Mac, I'm interested in game development, still very new it, mainly for mobile games, and need a Mac to be able to publish games and apps to the App Store. I have an over 6 year old PC already so I'll still use that for now too.
Apart learning swift and xcode, I'd like to use it for programs like Photoshop, Vector Graphics, possibly some 3d modelling, and even some light gaming, but that would probably require Windows 10 on Bootcamp, and I'm afraid of taking up too much storage, but I'm buying this Mac for MacOS so it's not a requirement, but it's still an expensive computer and I'd like to get what I can out of it.
With the increased UK prices of Macs, I was thinking of just going with something cheaper in general, especially since I'm not sure if I want to convert completely to Mac, and I've been used to Windows for years. Was looking at the Mac Mini's and could hook that up to my TV or PC Monitor, but they're 2 years old, and still quite expensive. Then I was thinking about Macbook Air's and trying to weigh up whether to spend extra on a Pro, but that's still a £200-£300 difference, and that it might be nice to have a little portable machine too.
With an education discount from Apple, I can get a 256gb Macbook Air for £988, or from somewhere else I can get a 2015 128gb Macbook Pro, which would include the Retina Display, Force Touch etc, but I'm worried about the 128gb of storage. Or there's the 256gb Macbook for £1124, which has only one port, but I can get an adapter, but at least it has more storage, but I heard it's less powerful than an Air, but maybe
that won't be a problem?
Really I'm just looking for some opinions, and if there's any more details I need to give, just ask. Thanks for your time.
Apart learning swift and xcode, I'd like to use it for programs like Photoshop, Vector Graphics, possibly some 3d modelling, and even some light gaming, but that would probably require Windows 10 on Bootcamp, and I'm afraid of taking up too much storage, but I'm buying this Mac for MacOS so it's not a requirement, but it's still an expensive computer and I'd like to get what I can out of it.
With the increased UK prices of Macs, I was thinking of just going with something cheaper in general, especially since I'm not sure if I want to convert completely to Mac, and I've been used to Windows for years. Was looking at the Mac Mini's and could hook that up to my TV or PC Monitor, but they're 2 years old, and still quite expensive. Then I was thinking about Macbook Air's and trying to weigh up whether to spend extra on a Pro, but that's still a £200-£300 difference, and that it might be nice to have a little portable machine too.
With an education discount from Apple, I can get a 256gb Macbook Air for £988, or from somewhere else I can get a 2015 128gb Macbook Pro, which would include the Retina Display, Force Touch etc, but I'm worried about the 128gb of storage. Or there's the 256gb Macbook for £1124, which has only one port, but I can get an adapter, but at least it has more storage, but I heard it's less powerful than an Air, but maybe
that won't be a problem?
Really I'm just looking for some opinions, and if there's any more details I need to give, just ask. Thanks for your time.
