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.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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.topOPBEnglish
      1·
      1 year 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.pubEnglish
      11·
      1 year 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.