Gun Shy and in need of your advice.

Solar2D iOS
#1

I want to spend the absolute minimum I can on a Mac just so I can do builds for IOS.  I found this refurbished mac.  Do you think this will have everything  I need just to make a build?

Mac Mini
1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB/ 80GB/ ComboDrive/ Airport/ BT Mid 2007 Part #
MB138LL/A. OS X 10.7 Lion Installed!

http://www.megamacs.com/

Thanks for your advice!!!

 

#2

Just make sure you can upgrade it to mavericks. Apple is pretty insistent on forcing you to upgrade. :wink:

Aside from that it should do the job. I personally love refurbs, Apple refurbs in particular are fantastic (the ones sold by Apple)

Bsst of luck!

#3

Hi Danny,

Thanks very much for that advice.  I’m a little unsure what : upgrade it to mavericks

means.  Is that the next version of the OS?

Thanks,

Arthur

#4

Sorry, i should have been clearer. Mavericks is the name of the latest Mac OSX operating system (10.9).

#5

According to Apple Support, you would need a Mac Mini from at least 2009. So that model there wouldn’t qualify.

#6

What Richard said.  I would not get anything older than 2009 and even then you’re on a short leash before Apple puts out the next round of OS-X and iOS upgrades.  If you want more than a year, I would say a 2010-2011 at the oldest.

Rob

#7

Get iMac Mini, then go down to best buy and get 2 4gb sticks of memory for around 60bucks go back home and grab a putty knife and open the mini with it and swap out the memory :slight_smile:

that is what i use for my build machine and that is it’s only purpose in life :slight_smile:

#8

Thanks for all of your advice gentlemen!

#9

Just make sure you can upgrade it to mavericks. Apple is pretty insistent on forcing you to upgrade. :wink:

Aside from that it should do the job. I personally love refurbs, Apple refurbs in particular are fantastic (the ones sold by Apple)

Bsst of luck!

#10

Hi Danny,

Thanks very much for that advice.  I’m a little unsure what : upgrade it to mavericks

means.  Is that the next version of the OS?

Thanks,

Arthur

#11

Sorry, i should have been clearer. Mavericks is the name of the latest Mac OSX operating system (10.9).

#12

According to Apple Support, you would need a Mac Mini from at least 2009. So that model there wouldn’t qualify.

#13

What Richard said.  I would not get anything older than 2009 and even then you’re on a short leash before Apple puts out the next round of OS-X and iOS upgrades.  If you want more than a year, I would say a 2010-2011 at the oldest.

Rob

#14

Get iMac Mini, then go down to best buy and get 2 4gb sticks of memory for around 60bucks go back home and grab a putty knife and open the mini with it and swap out the memory :slight_smile:

that is what i use for my build machine and that is it’s only purpose in life :slight_smile:

#15

Thanks for all of your advice gentlemen!