What macbook should I get for school and programming?

Hello! My name is Elior and I’m 13 years old, recently I have been thinking about purchasing a MacBook(pro or air still don’t know) for my school(that will last me till college if possible) and for programming(currently I don’t do any graphic intensive stuff, was developing game until my i5-4460, 4gb ram took all of my motivation, I may go back developing games but I want to start developing apps and games for iOS)

I don’t really have an idea what to buy but to buy but I need the laptop to be worth it, portable, and well working. I’m taking Java curses right now and will be learning iOS development by my self. I didn’t really know what to say here, but if I forgot to mention something please tell me!

Posted on May 15, 2020 1:52 PM

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MrHoffman

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Posted on May 15, 2020 3:53 PM

3l1or wrote:

Should I go for a 256 or 512gb of ssd?

Are you scrupulously neat with your filing and your ability to off-load and reload contents while under pressure across multiple deadlines and within an environment built to create stress and distractions and competitions?

Even if you are, and can (somehow) manage to maintain that... Don’t go short on space.

Otherwise, you get to deal with insufficient storage, and usually when under deadline pressures.

Your requirements are only going to increase over time, too.

Development requires yet more processing and space—another recent conversation around here had the Mac user blown through 128 GB with nothing added past macOS, Xcode, its simulators, and core tools.

You’re going to have papers, research, projects, resources, doc, games, and multimedia.

Here? 512 GB SSD, if you want ~five years.

Budget for backup storage, too.

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