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Discussion on: Which is the best macbook for programming?

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aurel kurtula

At the moment price is my concern.

Did you code with MacBook Air , are there any problems in that area ? As the 3 problems you mentioned I can live with.

I haven't even considered Mac mini

Thanks

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Totiimon

I did work with a Macbook air 11'' as a web developer and didn't had any troubles. The major issue for me was the 4gb of ram in mine. It was limiting but I could get stuff done. And while working I would have an external monitor because 11'' was too little for full time working. But for doing things on the go, it was awesome.

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Jake Varness

Oh yea, I forgot how little RAM mine had! Lol

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aurel kurtula

I have the external monitor and an external drive and the current model of MBA has 8gb ram so I really can't see why people are saying is bad choice

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Jake Varness

Writing code wasn't bad honestly, but the limited space made it difficult for me to have all the SDKs and tools I'd want to develop with installed all at once.

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aurel kurtula

Did you have the 126gb one. I'm thinking of getting the 256gb. Plus I have external harddrive and use git obviously.

I feel like am getting mixed reviews and I have no idea whether I should get the Air or tighten my belt and get the pro