Should I now buy a MacBook 16 for development?

Question

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It's time to upgrade your Macbook to a newer one, preferably a 2019 MacBook 16. I use a laptop for work, and more specifically for developing software for iOS.
In this regard, several questions arose:
1. Is it worth taking the MacBook 16, in connection with the announcement of Apple's transition to ARM processors? Might be worth the wait?
2. The 32GB RAM version is much more expensive than the 16GB version. Is it worth it to overpay for the RAM, or will 16GB be safely used in the next few years?

Answer 1

Specifically, a MacBook for development is definitely not worth buying at all. Maybe you mean MacBook Pro or Air - you need to be more specific.
The question has already been raised several times.
It will take quite some time until the developers rewrite all the software from x86 to ARM. Now such programs are only built-in from Apple. Read about the transition from PowerPC to x86 - obviously it will not be faster. And during the transition period, all software will obviously be supported, and far from one branch of any of the same Photoshop will be in the form of a universal application.
I would not even consider now waiting for some spherical poppies on ARM in the next 5 years.
And after the transition, the laptop will not turn into something unnecessary, even if we assume that all programs stop working in an instant, which is generally unbelievable, Linux and Windows will work on this hardware for a very long time.
As for the memory, 4 was enough for me, now 8 is enough. Makos still works with the RAM in a completely different way.

Answer 2

I bought an MBP 16 and I definitely don’t advise it, the iGPU integration does not extend this screen, everything freezes, I had to turn on the discrete / card forcibly, as a result of which it’s 50 degrees in a simple macbook, 60-70 in load (coding, browsing). Of course, for a MacBook, this is nothing to do with temperature. But in the area of ​​​​the touchbar it is always hot, from the keyboard it constantly plows with heat, not very pleasant ...
It's definitely worth waiting for the firmware to come out with the 10th generation of Intel. So I didn’t wait and I’m sorry) But I needed a mobile device ...