What hardware do you use for compiling for iOS and how's your experience? I have a MacBook Air 2018...

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[Natasha Murashkina]

What hardware do you use for compiling for iOS and how's your experience?

I have a MacBook Air 2018 8GB memory, and it's a nightmare even for code browsing.

[Pablichjenkov]

M1 Max 32GB memory, 1TB storage, year 2021. Not bad although I wish it will be better.

[Joel Denke]

M2 Max, 64GB RAM I have, 2023 edition something.
In general M CPUs, like M1 or later is awesome. But whats most foreseen is RAM. Need a lot of RAM for app development, if want smooth experience.

[Stefan Oltmann]

M1 Pro with 32 GB is a good experience.

Previously I used an M1 with 16 GB, which was easy at its limits when you have an Android emulator and iOS Simulator running at the same time.

Small pet projects work well on my MacBook Air M1 8 GB, but something like Ashampoo Photos is just too much.

So if you can, go for 32 GB.

[Angga Ardinata]

Hackintosh PC with ryzen 5600G and 32gigs ram

[Kashismails]

M1 PRO 16gb, compilation is a nightmare

[curioustechizen]

I also had a MacBook Air with 8GB and it was absolutely useless. Even basic code completion in XCode would take several seconds.

I'm now using M2 Max with 32 GB and the difference is night and day. Even for multi-platform development (Android Studio, Gradle, XCode, iOS simulators) it is a breeze.

[McEna]

Macbook pro 2019, i7, 32 GB RAM. No significant issues, unless the project is really, reaaally big (like, compiling RN android. Building the entirety of compose should probably be on the same league).