Hi!

I work as a Mobile App Developer for a company, I have about 3 years experience. I have never owned a Mac but I think it’s time for me to buy one in order to increase my skills and increase my freelance chances (since I need a Macbook to develop for iOS).

What are the main differences between the 13 and the 14 inch? I will mainly use an IDE and the iOS simulator.

Which one do you suggest? I have also heard great things about the Macbook Air, but the lack of fan kind of drives me out.

Also, I have been reading that getting an M1 is still the cheapest and best option instead of M2 and M3.

Thanks in advance!

  • @TORFdot0English
    5•1 year ago

    100% if you don’t think you are doing a heavy creative (read video/graphic) workload then I would recommend an M2 air with 16GB of RAM. If the fastest possible compile times are what you are after and you don’t mind raising the budget, then go for the newer pro.

    Don’t get the Intel 13" pro.