Mac Mini
Monkey Targets Forums/iOS/Mac Mini
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Hi, I know I need to buy a Mac before I can compile and test anything that I do in Monkey on the iPhone/iPad. Is the Mac Mini suitable enough to do the job that I need it for? Mac's are expensive and I don't really have the money to buy anything other than a Mini. If it's not suitable, what Mac would I need to look at for this? |
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You could buy a Hackintosh |
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The Mac Mini should be okay. |
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I use a Mac Mini. They're really great little machines actually! Cheers Charlie |
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Thanks for the help. It looks as though that a Mac Mini will be good enough for what I need. |
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I compile all my blizmax games on a MacMini and plan to use it for Monkey as well. So yes, it should work fine for you. |
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what is the cheapest mac mini that can run the latest operating system? do I NEED the latest operating system to compile iPhone games? If I buy an older mac mini can I download the latest OS for free? |
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My mini is from 2012 and runs 10.9.2 just fine. Pretty sure you do need the latest. That's the way they get you. I don't think I have paid for any upgrade or if I did it was around $20. |
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Mac OS X 10.9 is a free upgrade for anyone on 10.6.8 up...... Apple no longer charges for system upgrades. I wouldn't get too old of a Mac Mini though... the new you can afford the better. |
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I went the Hackintosh kinda way and run a Mac inside Virtualbox. My projectsfolder can be reached from inside the virtualmachine. Not the fastest way on my 8 year old computer (although it was really really fast 8 years ago), but it gives me a way to build and submit the IOS versions of my apps. |
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Don't buy old 10.6 Mac Minis! I had a old Mac Mini 10.5 once updated to 10.6. I could not produce monkey app with target IOS on it. And it was not possible to update it to 10.9 and to the latest XCode! So I had to buy a new one now with 10.9. Monkey works perfect on it and the XCode too. The IOS Simulator works as fast as a real device. Really good decicion... |
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Snader wrote: I went the Hackintosh kinda way and run a Mac inside Virtualbox. Do you use 10.9 ? I find it is very unstable under the VB. 10.8.x is a bit stable but it isn't fast (10.9 either) on my i7 based notebook. Midimaster wrote: And it was not possible to update it to 10.9 and to the latest XCode! It's possible, but requires actions like to Hackintosh installation. |