Re:Apple Developer Update
by aryastark on Monday August 05, 2013 @06:21PM
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This is my current frustration.
I have a Macbook from 2008. It can't run the newer OS X. I was looking into doing a little iOS development this weekend. Turns out, newer Xcode requires newer OS X. I could upgrade to, I think, Lion. But I'd still have to upgrade to Snow Leopard first. And with Mavericks coming out and obsoleting Mountain Lion, I'd get what... a few months use maybe?
On top of this, I can't even run the latest iTunes to sync with my iPhone 5. My perfectly fine Macbook is about as useful as a doorstop right now. I mean, a Core2Duo with 2GB of RAM is outdated. No one will dispute that. But these aren't the days of Pentium vs 486 or 386. It's pretty silly and arbitrary.
I have a Macbook from 2008. It can't run the newer OS X. I was looking into doing a little iOS development this weekend. Turns out, newer Xcode requires newer OS X. I could upgrade to, I think, Lion. But I'd still have to upgrade to Snow Leopard first. And with Mavericks coming out and obsoleting Mountain Lion, I'd get what... a few months use maybe?
On top of this, I can't even run the latest iTunes to sync with my iPhone 5. My perfectly fine Macbook is about as useful as a doorstop right now. I mean, a Core2Duo with 2GB of RAM is outdated. No one will dispute that. But these aren't the days of Pentium vs 486 or 386. It's pretty silly and arbitrary.