I have a 2011 MacBook Air (4GB, i7, 256GB SSD) and for development purposes it works like a charm. I'm only doing simple tests (ie no perf testing) and at least in my case, heat is pretty low. I have more issues with heat when I run Windows on Fusion ;-)
On Jun 3, 2013, at 7:17 PM, S Ahmed <sahmed1...@gmail.com> wrote: > So what are your specs then? > > So would you say it is actually enjoyable to develop on it? Or its not > really that ideal compared to a desktop. > What about the heat? > > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 9:54 PM, Neha Narkhede <neha.narkh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> It really depends on your air specs. It takes roughly a minute to compile >> from scratch on my macbook air. >> >> Thanks, >> Neha >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 6:33 PM, S Ahmed <sahmed1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, Curious if anyone uses a macbook air to develop with kafka. >>> >>> How are compile times? Does the fan go crazy after a while along with a >>> fairly hot keyboard? >>> >>> Just pondering getting an macbookair, and wanted your experiences. >>