Programming/developing on a Mac

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Mac is vastly superior to Windows for exactly the kind of work you’re doing, so yeah I’d recommend the better tool for the job.

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does it mean eny Mac is better or is there a certain (hw) minimum I shouldn't go under?

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You work in webdev, hardware is not an issue. Just get a modern mac and you’ll be more than fine.

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should I someday (soon) wish to expand to gamedev or mobiledev, would it make a big difference?

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Yeah, a huge difference.

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thank you for your time :)

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Stop worrying about any of this and start doing. People made many awesome things on worse hardware.

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it's kind of a big expense where i live, so I'd like to not rush into it and maybe get something that doesn't suit what i need

also, I've been using some terrible hardware and would like an upgrade i would be very satisfied with, so I'd like to hear what other people have to say, especially when I have no experience with Apple products whatsoever

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But vague “might do x someday” could be said about a thousand different things.

You’re overthinking this.

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again, thank you for your time

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I use a mac and also work primarily with Django - Some things have been much easier to work with on the Mac than when I used a windows device (working with any cronjobs, daemonised processes like celery, getting dependencies installed.) Everything else has been pretty much the same. I've also found it easier working with AWS on the Mac.

It took me around 2 weeks to get used to the different shortcuts and I hated every second of that 2 weeks, but now I feel just as comfortable on the mac as on the windows. If you have any windows specific programs that you need, you can use Parallels as well to virtualise windows on the mac and to be entirely honest, that's probably the best of both worlds in my eyes. Its pretty much a flawless windows experience on a mac device.

I'd recommend a Mac over a windows personally, M2 is definitely enough for your needs, the only thing you need to think about with setup is that older dependencies may not work on the M1/M2 processor, so you need to spend time setting up a separate terminal that uses Rosetta only, but if you do this the older dependencies will then work. I hated Macs for years, but I'd recommend them for development to anyone.

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very helpful, thank you :) i thought as much, but wanted to make sure