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Sunday, January 31, 2010
Developing applications for iPhone
To develop applications for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad a Mac running Leopard is needed, as the SDK/IDE only runs there.
I don’t feel too good about having to buy yet another PC though (I already have 2, and 2 more have been lent out, and 2 further more have been given away as gifts, apart from the 3 or more that are now landfill), and I’m slightly hesitant about a Mac in general, so I concluded that a Mac Mini would be the best choice:
- Relatively inexpensive; the laptops and other desktops are marked up to hell and beyond; shame on you Apple! Also the Mac Mini is marked up more than makes sense, but all in all provides much more bang for the buck than any other option
- It’s very small and I can re-use my peripherals and large screen, providing much more comfort than a laptop, and relieves me from another desktop space-taker
- It’s easily brought along to customers and on trips, yet of course requires peripherals at the destination, at least a screen; a mini keyboard and mouse could be brought along
- I could possibly use it as a home server as well, even though I suspect I will run into Windows/Leopard anger management issues
- If a Mac hater comes to visit, I can simply tuck it away somewhere
