128Gb will be fine for xcode (and others like home brew). You may want a larger drive if you plan to use Bootcamp to also run Windows 10 on this machine.
I would max the RAM, and minimize the screen--unless you need the screen. If my info is accurate, i believe the newer Macbookstill have no boot chime option. That's a deadly problem for multi boot environments, imo. You're playing a guessing game in that caseunless someone can verify that just holding the option key on start suffices. Best, Janina B G writes: > Hi there, > Ben here, just joined the list, so go gently on me please. *smile* > I was wondering if the list had any tips on buying a new MacBook. I'm > thinking of finally taking the plunge into the world of iOS and indeed > Mac OS software development. So far the MacBook Air (2018) with 16GB > ram and 128SSD seems the most attractive choice. I have however been > informed that 128gb ssd won't be adequate for xcode and associated > tools on top of the usual load of software and stored data. What does > the list think? > Looking forward to your responses. > Cheers, > Ben > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Janina Sajka Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
