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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by eptcyka on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @07:51PM (#22187863)
There are places in the world where developer labour (especially if the developer is trying to work for himself) is far cheaper than the 900$ capital investment of what essentially is 500-600$ worth of hardware with a shiny aluminum case. Don't forget that not everywhere in the world developers have to choose between several jobs that pay tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.
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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by scarface74 on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @09:00PM (#22188240)
So these same people couldn’t spend $300 on a used 2014 Mac Mini but could buy a PC?
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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by dictum on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @09:16PM (#22188322)
In those places, old Apple hardware isn't significantly cheaper than new hardware. You might get a 25% discount for a degraded experience (security updates may end in ~3 years) or buy much older hardware (e.g. 9 year old models) that cannot run current macOS and Xcode, etc.

And yes, a local PC can work out to lower prices due to specific tax arrangements, sourcing components straight from manufacturers and assembling them locally.

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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by scarface74 on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @10:33PM (#22188621)
So do you expect Apple to give away Mac OS if they did allow it to run on a VM or should they go back to charging $129 for the OS like they use to (and like MS still does)?

The current version of OS X runs on the 2012 Mac Mini. I see one on eBay for $145.

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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by jhasse on Thursday January 30, 2020 @02:30AM (#22189603)
Ypu don't need to buy a PC - you already have one.
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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by scarface74 on Thursday January 30, 2020 @04:52AM (#22190180)
So if you already have a PC and such a great app idea, why not develop for Android first - where 85% of the mobile users are - make money on your great app idea and then by a Mac?
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