Hell yeah! I got to see Polaris this tour too. Almost didn’t make it. So glad I did. They’ve quickly become one of my favorite bands. Currents put on an awesome show too and I hadn’t heard of them before, so that was a treat.
I’d love to see Silverstein too. Sadly they’re not coming near me, but maybe another time. And yeah, man… I didn’t get in line early for merch and missed out on all my favorite designs. Lesson learned.
Have you tried amphetamine? I use that to keep my Mac from turning off the display or anything. I’m still on an Intel Mac, so not sure if it’s available on Apple silicon.
Does it have to be a MacBook? If you just want to use it to build and test the simulator, you can get a used old (x86) Mac mini for ~150€ on eBay. Though maybe it’s a better idea for longevity to go with Apple Silicon, I have no idea how long x86 will keep getting updates.
I believe you can build and publish IOS apps using GitHub Actions without requiring a Mac. Take a look at this article. I don’t have much experience with building apps for IOS, so I could be wrong. Hope this helps.
You’re right. Just building and publishing is definitely possible without owning a Mac. The thing is, I don’t have an iPhone too and I need to see my app in action. Thank you for the answer tho!
If you’re just testing on it you can get away wit pretty much anything as long as it’s Apple Silicon. I would think a used M1 Mini is probably your cheapest bet, and as a bonus you can use it as a media serve for Plex of something when you’re not testing on it.
If it’s got to be a laptop form factor, then yes, an MBA is probably your best bet.
Seconded, I have one, and its a great little machine for deving. Not sure how affordable it is now though, i got mine second hand for a steal, havent found any others since :/
By most accounts they’re very capable pieces of hardware, but the prices are way too high for current conditions.
Think there’s also a case of incremental performance improvements in the form factor becoming less perceptible, and also more people favouring phones and tablets over laptops for everyday use.
Excellent battery life and performance. Maybe not the best laptop for gaming but it’s great for other shit. They are fairly expensive (and very expensive if you want more storage) though.
I would never buy one because I don’t think I would like Mac OS, so I would probably just buy a ThinkPad and install Linux instead.
I won’t buy a laptop any time soon because laptop prices are insane and my X280 is good enough, I just wish it had more RAM.
I don’t like Apple. That’ll probably show. But I like Microsoft and Google even less, so ultimately I do want them to continue to succeed for the time being.
They should sell cheaper x86 and arm laptops. If other manufacturers can sell decent midrange laptops for around $500 USD, so can Apple. They can even charge a bit extra for that Apple logo and still come in well under the $1000 minimum price tag now.
Though that in and of itself might be shooting themselves in the foot a bit. They have kind of a designer brand vibe, people might not trust reasonably priced hardware from them. So they’d probably want to adjust their marketing too.
I think they should do this, because declining sales tells us less people are willing to pay that premium. Though they should keep their current product line too. I like what they’re doing with their Mx ARM chips.
This is the goal of developed nations around the world ratcheting up interest rates; they wanted to shift the demand curve to the left. And, of course, discretionary spending will be the most affected, which includes most technology.
This just in: computer performance has mostly eclipsed the requirements of most non-gamer users, and the next gen is not only exorbitantly expensive but only some very edge case power users truly benefit from the improvements which are at times suspect in if they even exist.
I have an M1 Pro 16 and love it, but its already huge $3750 AUD price tag has ballooned to $4250 for the M3 Pro 16 whose only difference is the chip. I love my MacBook but unless Apple returns to earth with their pricing and/or makes the machines worth that much by providing more than the barest essential specs at those prices, I will be buying something else when this MacBook is done.
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