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encryptor


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Buy Apple Macbook Pro to develop apps
#19339705 - 12/29/13 12:18 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I was going to try and put OS X Mavericks onto my home built computer, but then found out it would be very difficult to figure it out on an AMD processor. I don't have a job right now so I can't compensate buying an 15" Apple Macbook Pro for $2000 to develop apps. Apple Store offers you 70% of earnings to your approved application. I need xCode which is a Mac IDE application, therefore I need the Mac too. If I find a job I will just buy the Macbook Pro and practice coding!
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r00tuuu123
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Re: Buy Apple Macbook Pro to develop apps [Re: encryptor]
#19339794 - 12/29/13 12:50 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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encryptor said: I was going to try and put OS X Mavericks onto my home built computer, but then found out it would be very difficult to figure it out on an AMD processor. I don't have a job right now so I can't compensate buying an 15" Apple Macbook Pro for $2000 to develop apps. Apple Store offers you 70% of earnings to your approved application. I need xCode which is a Mac IDE application, therefore I need the Mac too. If I find a job I will just buy the Macbook Pro and practice coding!
er torrent comes to mind. Or you could port them from linux to mac.
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Re: Buy Apple Macbook Pro to develop apps [Re: r00tuuu123]
#19340148 - 12/29/13 03:27 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Perhaps try and virtualize your Mac OS X version? I think that could be a viable solution. Check out VMWare and you should be able to do it.
Check this out: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2406151/can-you-run-xcode-in-linux It doesn't seem like you can run the full xCode on something other than a Mac computer, but it seems like you can run the barebone essence of xCode on a Linux box.
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encryptor


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Re: Buy Apple Macbook Pro to develop apps [Re: deadwk]
#19340811 - 12/29/13 09:46 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I'm thinking that I'd put 100% dedication into developing apps for iPhone/iPad and therefore I deserve the Macbook Pro. I'm hardcore with coding and have a BS Computer Science degree to back it up. Just do it!
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sunbleeder

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Re: Buy Apple Macbook Pro to develop apps [Re: encryptor]
#19347847 - 12/30/13 06:40 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Forget about buying a mac and start coding android apps.
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CosmicJoke
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Re: Buy Apple Macbook Pro to develop apps [Re: encryptor]
#19349402 - 12/31/13 12:28 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I think virtualizing would suck, still have to have some compatible chipsets for audio/lan, compatible graphics card for graphics accel... I'd just rebuild with a quad core intel, get a good gigabyte board (those tend to get along famously with hackintoshing), and something cheap nvidia kepler graphics card like a 650ti.... that should make for an easy hackintosh... i have a drive running os x on my desktop, much faster than my $2800 15" rMBP and every bit as stable. If cost is an issue, build the hack (but build around highly compatible components, that makes all the difference - intel/nvidia kepler & good gigabyte board with good audio/lan chipsets).
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encryptor


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Re: Buy Apple Macbook Pro to develop apps [Re: CosmicJoke]
#19354153 - 01/01/14 10:03 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yes I know I'd get very discouraged having to develop apps thru some virtual environment. I'd rather save up for the Mac than have to build a Hackintosh.
Coding for Android sounds like a good idea. I see it uses Java. I want to stick with objective-c and xCode for now. It would be good to know which app markets pays most for sw development.
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sunbleeder

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Re: Buy Apple Macbook Pro to develop apps [Re: encryptor]
#19355862 - 01/01/14 06:49 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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It really just depends on how well your code is written and if people find that what you made is useful. You can easily take the code written in Objective-C and translate it into Java if your a somewhat competent programmer, so I would not worry too much about marketplaces. For your first app just focus on designing something useful or fun that doesn't crash.
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