[thelist] Mac advice?

[Peter Loron]

Depends on how much you want to spend, really. Any of the Core2Duo MacBooks will work for iPhone development. Get 2GB of ram at a minimum, more is better. Swapping out the hard disk for an SSD or more modern 7200 RPM disk will improve performance.

Note that while used Macs are cheaper than new, they don't depreciate too fast, especially the laptops.

I don't know if Apple does this in the UK, but they offer refurbished units for sale in the Apple Store online. Often you can get a Mac direct from Apple with a full warranty for not much more than used ones are selling for on eBay.

-Pete

On Mar 30, 2010, at 3:12 AM, Simon MacDonald wrote:

> Any views guys?
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> Hi Folks,
> 
> I've been using Windows PCs since they started (even used CPM boxes, before
> that),- currently on Win 7 Ultimate - and have some *nix experience. I'm now
> considering venturing into the dark side (for me) - the Mac.
> 
> I want to buy a second hand Mac for two reasons; 
> - doing proper Mac testing for my websites  that I build, 
> - and venturing into the world of iPhone app building - this latter one
> being the main reason.
> 
> I'm not a coding newby - been building code for about 30 years (latterly PHP
> and Javascript) , but I haven't used C in years so a good excuse (?) to
> learn Objective C.
> 
> However, I haven't got a clue about what level of Mac to buy in terms of OS
> and power, and what sort of price in UK pounds I should spend. I guess I
> want a laptop  as that is what I use now.
> 
> Any help is most welcome and any pointers to good UK second hand sites -
> I've looked on ebay but I really don't what I'm looking at  - if it was a PC
> yes, Macbook no idea :)
> 
> kind regards
> 
> Simon
> 
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