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Re:.NET 8 Standalone 50% Smaller On Linux by biglyburrito on Saturday November 11, 2023 @07:03AM (#38229583)
My first experience developing for .NET on a non-Windows OS had me running Visual Studio & SQL Server Management Studio in a Parallels virtual machine (VM) running on a Macbook Air with only 8GB RAM, targeting .NET Framework. My most recent non-Windows experience had me running JetBrains Rider & DataGrip natively in macOS on a (Intel, non-Apple silicon) Macbook Pro with 32GB RAM, targeting .NET 6.

The experiences were night and day: while my first experience was serviceable, my most recent experience was great & comparable to the work I'm currently doing in Visual Studio 2022 & SQL Server Management Studio 2019 in Windows 10 on a Lenovo Thinkpad w/ 32GB RAM, targeting .NET 7. And the macOS laptop + multi-monitor experience on a Macbook Pro is so nice that I absolutely prefer coding on Macs now instead of Windows.

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Re:.NET 8 Standalone 50% Smaller On Linux by supertron on Saturday November 11, 2023 @08:19AM (#38230068)
> My first experience developing for .NET on a non-Windows OS had me running Visual Studio & SQL Server Management Studio in a Parallels virtual machine (VM) running on a Macbook Air with only 8GB RAM, targeting .NET Framework.

I'm actually amazed that you got away with that on an 8GB (presumably Intel) MacBook Air!! :)

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