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techhuman

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I am a iOS developer and have mainly used MacBook Pro's at work. I had a old MacBook Pro with smaller screen size which I had purchased in 2012 or 2013, but I am unable to upgrade it to any new OS version and is extremely slow, so thinking of buying a new one but also in money saving mode at the current moment.

I can use my company laptop to learn anything new in iOS and my company does support that, but I am planning to start looking for other work opportunities and may start interviewing soon for which I need a new laptop. Having used MacBook for many years now, I would like to stick to MacBook with 15+ screen and sometimes develop lighter apps for learning purposes.

I haven't used MacBook Air's before, but looks like if I buy a MacBook Air with higher configuration, I may save some $$$$ and can still get a bigger screen. Has anyone used it for developing apps? I am talking about smaller apps and nothing major that I plan to publish to app store.

I am confused between:

MacBook Air - https://www.bestbuy.com/product/15-...e-gpu-24gb-memory-1tb-ssd-midnight/JJGCQLKHZ5

MacBook Pro - https://www.bestbuy.com/product/16-...ore-gpu-24gb-memory-1tb-ssd-silver/JJGCQLZQRQ

I am leaning more towards MacBook Air so I can save some money, but wanting to know if it's good for iOS app development (i.e. install all the development tools) and streaming movies/show.

Thanks in advance!
 
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