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Asked: 2026-05-11T01:28:15+00:00

Will a MacBook Air have enough horsepower for occasional development in Ruby? Objective C?

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Will a MacBook Air have enough horsepower for occasional development in Ruby? Objective C? Cocoa?

Are there any other major limitations with doing this?

Notes:

  • I hook it up to a large Monitor.
  • I would be hoping to use standard mainstream Mac IDEs.
  • I know a MacBook or Pro would be more appropriate but they are simply not as cool.
  • This machine will mainly be used for web etc, very much a household appliance.
  • And you guessed it – I am an ignorant windows developer 🙂
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  1. You’re in good company: Wil Shipley (creator of Delicious Monster and other famous Mac software) uses his MacBook Air for dev (cite). His first-gen with SSD was faster than the MacBook Pro he was using previously.

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