Seeking Advice for new MacBook Pro,
I’m an aspirant iOS developer, would like to purchase a MacBook Pro m3 model.
I’m bit confused about the ram, default ram is 18Gb and not sure if I have bump to 36gb ram.
Considering the future, is 36gb ram overkill?
Model- MacBook Pro M3 PRO CHIP 14Inch
Purpose- Mobile App development
Can someone advise me on this?
Thanks
MacBook Pro (M3 Pro, 2023)
Xcode will not be shrinking in size or resource thirst. For that reason, I would recommend 36 GB RAM to allow for future growth. Same for the storage. Spring for the 1 TB storage option and get a 2 TB external SSD for Time Machine backups. I use Crucial X-series SSD for the backups.
Think about a 27 or 32-inch external quality display so you have screen room for development tools. Existing 27-in iMacs are unsupported for that purpose.
Xcode will not be shrinking in size or resource thirst. For that reason, I would recommend 36 GB RAM to allow for future growth. Same for the storage. Spring for the 1 TB storage option and get a 2 TB external SSD for Time Machine backups. I use Crucial X-series SSD for the backups.
Think about a 27 or 32-inch external quality display so you have screen room for development tools. Existing 27-in iMacs are unsupported for that purpose.
Hi,
If you try to develop mobile applications with Xcode, I think 18GB is good enough amount memory and you should pay for more on the storage space, though if you think it's not enough memory, go to 36GB.
Think 16GB RAM is the minimum for what 'ordinary' users should consider. Doing ANYTHING intensive {video editing, photo editing, software development} then choose MORE. You CAN'T upgrade RAM in any way later.
18Gb or 36 Gb for mobile app development
