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I’m new to iOS app development, will the MacBook Air m1 base model suit my needs? (self.programming)

submitted 1 year ago by KaijuKoala to c/programming

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I’m not sure if the base model is enough or not. Anyone have experience?

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[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Over time the 8GB of RAM on base model might start frustrating you. You'll also be wearing the ssd with all the swapping.

The base M1 chip itself is great. Just get the extra RAM. You can't upgrade RAM or storage after the fact.

[–] KaijuKoala 3 points 1 year ago

I guess it’s one of those things that can’t be helped. I might as well save my money for a bit longer and upgrade to 16 GB and 512GB

[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have the base model for my iOS builds (my main development PC is a Windows machine). It works fine for that purpose. The SSD space runs out immediately though, so I had my company buy an external drive. Also wouldn't want to do any prolonged development sessions on it personally, just owing to the small screen, keyboard, lack of ports etc. That could be fixed with external screens and adapters though.

[–] Lowered_lifted 1 points 1 year ago

Would get the Mac mini and upgrade the ram instead

[–] beefcat 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bump it up to 16 GB of RAM.

Other than that, I think the base specs are fine. iOS app development isn't nearly as heavy as it used to be now that Macs and iPhones share similar SoCs.