Buying your first Mac OS device. Is it good for development?

Question

Mac Mini

Good day everyone. I'm planning to buy the first device for iOS development, I'm interested in the Mac Mini as a fairly budget option: Here's one with the subsequent replacement of the HDD with an SSD. Will this be the right decision in terms of price / quality / relevance of iron? The device is bought exclusively for development / everyday functionality.

Answer 1

poppy mini is a very peculiar machine in the sense that it seems like an option to save money, but in fact, as a rule, it doesn’t work out) the disease progresses, you start to buy keyboards, mice, a trackpad ... a monitor often ... and end up spending the amount, comparable with beech or aimag.
although, if you do not buy anything, then yes. quite a budgetary way to organize a workplace.
I would look on the secondary late 2012, better on i7, but i5 is normal - it is collapsible, you can increase the memory. I have one, 387 - works great at home.
and as the only computer, if I had money, I'd better look at the beeches.

Answer 2

Better laptop. Simply more practical + excellent matrices.
For development, you will have enough with the head of any modern poppy. And with SSD and not very modern even.

Answer 3

If you only need to develop software not for a specific hardware, then the best option would be to put OCX in a virtual machine. If you need large computing resources, then you can put a hackintosh on almost any computer (a special version of OCX for installation on ordinary PCs).