mac mini
Monkey Targets Forums/iOS/mac mini
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| im about to try out the ios platform and was wondering if the mac mini will suffice all of my needs or do i need to go for a desktop.im not really after using it for anything else except for development so im after the cheapest option.Ive already got an ipad 3 and just about to get an iphone 4 so i think thats everything just about covered to test it on or is there anything else i need to get. |
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| If it is the newest generation, then it should run Xcode 4.6 just fine and should serve your needs. |
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| As Mike said, any of the current generation Mac mini will be fine. They're all faster/more-powerful then the 3-4 year old iMac I currently use for dev, which has only just started to show it's age performance/speed-wise. Since you plan to use it mainly for development, I would suggest (if you can afford it): 1) Bumping the memory up to at least 8GB 2) Getting at least the 1TB Fusion Drive The extra memory and faster disk speed will make development at lot more enjoyable. |
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| I'm using a bog-standard, no extra ram, simple pimple MacMini from about 3 years ago. (It still has an internal DVD drive!) No problems here. Works a treat, compiles as required. Fit as a fiddle. |
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| ok guys thanks for the feedback,i think this is the route i will take as i have a spare monitor and keyboard . i had around 1400 quid so i can get one of these now and start to build a new core i7 pc. Every penny counts. @mikehart i'd better get your book out again and read up on the ios section |
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| If you are going to be using the Mac for development - that is sat using the MAC as your main machine then I would agree to bump up the specs and give yourself some more RAM and HD space. If however, you will be developing on a PC and using a Mac simply for compiling your Monkey/xCode projects to run on iOS, then you can get away with a barebones system. The second route (compiling only) can also be done using a virtual machine on a PC, which is what I have been doing recently to test Monkey on my iPod 4G - although if I ever were to submit an App I would buy proper hardware beforehand. No point in spending all that time to create something worth submitting, only to get stung later down the road with the EULA. |
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| I bought the cheapest Mac Mini for this purpose last year and it works great. I do all my dev on PC, send my files to the Mac, build for XCode, and can easily build and distribute with zero issues. |
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| yeah thats what im after doing just using it to compile.i love my pcs to much to desert them.Actually i love left 4 dead 2 much. |
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| I've bought a Late 2009 Mac Mini. Upgraded to 8 GB and a 240 SSD Hard drive. So far so good. New Mac Minis are over priced. Have Fun ! |
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| cheers all i went with the mac mini £500.still got teething problems but probably something stupid ive done.Everything compiles and gets sent to my ipad but the icon is just white and when i click on icon its just a white screen.Ive paid my £60 developer cost and downloaded xcode.Will have to check through forum now for help getting started. |
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| I also have a late 2009 Mac Mini with RAM upgraded to 8GB and it works wonderfully. |
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