What mac to take for mobile development?

Question

macbook

There is an option: new MacBook Air 13'' 1.1GHz 256GB 2020
or
used any other firmware of the 15th year.
I also accept other options with a ceiling of 60-70k max.
Only for mobile development.
Thank you.

Answer 1

Forget Air, it's not for development. There is no cooling in it, when assembling even an average project, it will heat up to 100 degrees and very quickly (trust me as the owner of this miracle) will fail
. Now with regards to the budget. The difference between Pro and Air is 30 thousand rubles, which is not much and a large amount that even a fresh junior mobile dev can get for half a month of his work, but in the end you will get a more reliable and productive device.
You will feel how the Air heats up already when you download XCode, and during its installation you can forget about the laptop altogether.
Firmware from 15 years old is quite excellent, but it will be more difficult to find live ones, and finding a 13-inch firmware with 16GB of memory is even more entertaining

Answer 2

In general, this is how it is normally developed on Air, half of the familiar developers run with such people! I’m generally silent about my wife’s laptop and my adventures with it (Macbook Air 11) - you can work, and comfortably!
As an alternative, you can look towards linux on ultrabooks, I have Asus ZenBook UX931U, it will be just within 60-70 kilo rubles. But here "I didn't take it and went", as on poppies, it will be necessary to adjust it.
PS. Here, on brand new asus, everything should work without tambourines... https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ASUS_Zenbook_...

Answer 3

take a new air on M1. take advantage of the student discount, or take it to the compuniverse or byx. I took my mini to the compuniverse in 2013 - it seems to be the norm. In the new year, I'm going to take a mini there again.
Speaking of mini - consider this option, why not. if you are short on money, then think about whether you need a beech. perhaps a permanent solution will suit you.
if you really save money - yes, you can take models of 15 years.
Look for the main memory more - from 8 and above. They are cheerful.
I'm currently running 13" late 2013 8/256 and it's enough for me.

Answer 4

if you are not going to carry it - you can look for mac mini - it will be more powerful, you can find claudia, what kind of monik you want