KaijuKoala@beehaw.org to Programming@beehaw.org · 1 year agoI’m new to iOS app development, will the MacBook Air m1 base model suit my needs?message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareI’m new to iOS app development, will the MacBook Air m1 base model suit my needs?KaijuKoala@beehaw.org to Programming@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareboonhet@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoOver time the 8GB of RAM on base model might start frustrating you. You’ll also be wearing the ssd with all the swapping. The base M1 chip itself is great. Just get the extra RAM. You can’t upgrade RAM or storage after the fact.
minus-squareKaijuKoala@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI guess it’s one of those things that can’t be helped. I might as well save my money for a bit longer and upgrade to 16 GB and 512GB
Over time the 8GB of RAM on base model might start frustrating you. You’ll also be wearing the ssd with all the swapping.
The base M1 chip itself is great. Just get the extra RAM. You can’t upgrade RAM or storage after the fact.
I guess it’s one of those things that can’t be helped. I might as well save my money for a bit longer and upgrade to 16 GB and 512GB