Question by Jason: What would be the minimum requirements for a Mac to build iPad apps?
I want to start developing apps for the iPad. What kind of Mac would I need to buy to accomplish this?
Best answer:
Answer by Colanth
Any one.
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not any one ..
you need an intel based one, actually…
Intel is right 🙂
You also need to be running Snow Leopard – the newest Mac OS.
You want 2GB of RAM as well, 1GB is rare these days and just doesn’t cut it – if you can get 4GB then definitely go for that.
Email me if you want more info, I’ve been developing apps for awhile now and I’m pretty good with advice 🙂
To use Apple’s Developer Tools:
Mac computer with an Intel processor
2GB of memory
3GB of available disk space (Assuming you already have OSX installed)
DVD drive for installation
For HTML5/CSS Applications you don’t even need a Mac… any text editor will make it! 🙂