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Is MacBook Air suitable for occasional Dev Work? (Ruby, Objective C, Cocoa) [closed]

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Will a MacBook Air have enough horsepower for occasional development in Ruby? Objective C? Cocoa?

Are there any other major limitations with doing this?

Notes:

  • I hook it up to a large Monitor.
  • I would be hoping to use standard mainstream Mac IDEs.
  • I know a MacBook or Pro would be more appropriate but they are simply not as cool.
  • This machine will mainly be used for web etc, very much a household appliance.
  • And you guessed it - I am an ignorant windows developer :)
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nick_alot Avatar asked Dec 31 '08 01:12

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You're in good company: Wil Shipley (creator of Delicious Monster and other famous Mac software) uses his MacBook Air for dev (cite). His first-gen with SSD was faster than the MacBook Pro he was using previously.

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