iOS iOS hardware

[rajetst]

Hello guys

I am very new in the field of IOS development, as a matter of fact I just started learning about IOS development. I want to start developing Apps for iphone and Ipad. I don't have any mac for IOS development. I really need portability for my development.

Can you guys please suggest which kind of mac i should buy?

I am thinking about getting
15inch: 2.6GHz
with Retina display
Specifications
2.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz
8GB 1600MHz memory


I will be mostly travelling so does 15inch screen works for most of you? (I never had laptop less then 15inch screen) when at home i will be pluging into my external 24 inch monitor.
Is i5 processor and 8gb memory is enough for most of you?
I am not going to devleop any games or very graphic intensive apps. I will be developing mostly business related functional app.
I have been in developing / managing softwares for businesses since last 15 years in Java and now (i know i am late) i am thinking about jumping into this field.

Please let me know your thoughts

Thank you

-Raj

 

[AxoNeuron]

Back in 2012 I bought a 15" Retina MacBook Pro with 8GB RAM, a 2.3Ghz i7 quad core, and a 256GB SSD. The only issue I've had with it is RAM. It has served me perfectly until the last few months when I started getting in to iOS development, and having safari + mail + photoshop + multiple xcode projects open at the same time is...doable but not as fast as on my 16GB Hack Pro. I'd recommend getting the 16GB RAM. Don't make the same mistake I made!

 

[loon3y]

Back in 2012 I bought a 15" Retina MacBook Pro with 8GB RAM, a 2.3Ghz i7 quad core, and a 256GB SSD. The only issue I've had with it is RAM. It has served me perfectly until the last few months when I started getting in to iOS development, and having safari + mail + photoshop + multiple xcode projects open at the same time is...doable but not as fast as on my 16GB Hack Pro. I'd recommend getting the 16GB RAM. Don't make the same mistake I made!

bigger screen usually helps, especially if your App is going to talk to some sort of backend program,


but I'm using a 13" 2010 MBP, so you're good brother!

 

[grandM]

Hello guys

I am very new in the field of IOS development, as a matter of fact I just started learning about IOS development. I want to start developing Apps for iphone and Ipad. I don't have any mac for IOS development. I really need portability for my development.

Can you guys please suggest which kind of mac i should buy?

I am thinking about getting
15inch: 2.6GHz
with Retina display
Specifications
2.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz
8GB 1600MHz memory


I will be mostly travelling so does 15inch screen works for most of you? (I never had laptop less then 15inch screen) when at home i will be pluging into my external 24 inch monitor.
Is i5 processor and 8gb memory is enough for most of you?
I am not going to devleop any games or very graphic intensive apps. I will be developing mostly business related functional app.
I have been in developing / managing softwares for businesses since last 15 years in Java and now (i know i am late) i am thinking about jumping into this field.

Please let me know your thoughts

Thank you

-Raj

mac mini + huge screen
install 16 GB ram yourself

 

[AxoNeuron]

mac mini + huge screen
install 16 GB ram yourself

That would be perfect, as long as you don't need to travel and code and don't need to do very heavy media editing, the Mac mini is a perfect developer machine.

 

[firewood]

Any Mac that can run Yosemite will work. An SSD and an i5 processor will speed things up.

I use a recent MBA 11 for the vast majority of my iOS development. Occasionally, connecting a really big monitor helps with storyboard editing and pixel detail review on the Simulator. But for most coding and device testing, any Mac from the cheapest to a fully loaded Mac Pro will work just fine. Let your budget decide.