Ask HN: Air for Xcode?

by NarcisMirandes on 4/3/2024, 2:08:43 PM with 5 comments
I would love to have a MacBook Pro with M3 Pro chip. But is it reasonable to work with an Air M3, 512 SSD, and 16 RAM? I want to use it regularly with Xcode.

  • by warrenm on 4/3/2024, 3:18:37 PM

    Worry more about RAM than anything else

    Xcode runs admirably on an M1 ... it ought to only do better on later revs of the CPU family :)

  • by throwaway11460 on 4/3/2024, 2:12:26 PM

    That laptop is several times more performant than the Intel i9 Macbook Pro. It's much more than reasonable.

  • by ancient_cthulhu on 4/3/2024, 2:23:55 PM

    Definitely! I would get as much RAM as I can, but that's about it.