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Macbook for coding (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by woowaswet@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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Hello everyone!😁

Is a M1 (8gb RAM, 256gb storage) 13" macbook air good enough for coding?

This will be my first macbook, so I don't know yet how I'll like it. Would it run Linux (maybe Windows too) aside from ios? I've heard that it needs some workarounds. Would there be limitations running Linux?

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[–] wiseman121@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

For college/university absolutely 100%. 8gb is also enough providing you don't plan on extensive machine learning or multiple VMs.

For professional developer use I'd opt for a pro 16gb.

[–] woowaswet@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

extensive machine learning or multiple VMs.

Yes.

I'm thinking about it right now before what I'm looking at becomes unavailable.

Thanks!

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 1 points 10 months ago

Pretty sure even in college you'd start running stuff in docker and the like these days. 8GB has been a ridiculously low amount of ram for 5 years now. You should get 16GB at least, preferably more.