tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022155324729704001.post9035689373660849953..comments2024-03-28T02:18:59.471-05:00Comments on Engineering Adventure: Developing Software on the new MacBook Air 13"WindAddicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09842543518651197297noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022155324729704001.post-1566424707727422502019-04-24T01:03:21.166-05:002019-04-24T01:03:21.166-05:00This Site And The Resources You Provide Is Really ...This Site And The Resources You Provide Is Really Nice Keep It Up. <a href="https://www.webstagram.one/" title="webstagram" rel="nofollow">webstagram</a>Sophie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09769321133171248409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022155324729704001.post-48968324343018985092011-11-27T14:48:04.806-06:002011-11-27T14:48:04.806-06:00Hi Oskar,
My MacBook Air is the second generation...Hi Oskar,<br /><br />My MacBook Air is the second generation model with a core 2 duo processor. I would expect the latest generation to be even more responsive and usable as a developer machine, especially with an i7 processor.<br /><br />Unfortunately, for both models, RAM is the limitation. My Air happily runs Xcode, the iPhone simulator, and Rails running on a SQLite database simultaneously. But things do get slow at times. If you're also planning to run a virtual machine, 4GB of RAM might not be enough.<br /><br />You might try running your typical developer setup on your current box for a while and seeing if the combined memory footprint fits in 4GB (don't forget the OS!). If not, you might just want to get a Pro with 8GB of ram and avoid the spinning beach ball you'll get when huge chunks of memory is swapped from RAM to the SSD.<br /><br />Hope that helps!WindAddicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09842543518651197297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022155324729704001.post-2284791500938208472011-11-27T13:32:13.619-06:002011-11-27T13:32:13.619-06:00Hi Windaddict, i read your post, very interesting ...Hi Windaddict, i read your post, very interesting your history. Like you, i'm a software developer, actually working with JAVA (Eclipse or Netbeans) and most of the times, with PostgreSQL database or Mysql. I wanna know a little bit more about your "development experience" with the macbook air because, like you, in a couple of months i'm gonna travel to visit family in USA (i live in Central America) and i wanna get my first apple computer, but i'm between Macbook Pro and Macbook Air. My argument is about if MBA support the use of a developer, to do things like have a database server running like oracle or postgres, an IDE running, maybe some virtualizing software like virtualbox, and things like that, can you give me your opinion?oskarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01400591171152243885noreply@blogger.com