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iOS

Posted by Martina Carrington
Martina Carrington
Courses Plus Student 15,807 Points

can you still learn IOS even you don't have a mac computer

I don't have a mac computer as yet but i still learn the ios or it better to get the mac ?

3 Answers

omar shiltawi
omar shiltawi
Courses Plus Student 930 Points

any mac that runs Xcode will do

Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points
Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

Hi Martina!

You can technically develop iOS apps on Windows but it is not practical in reality. You would need to have a virtual machine running a version of OS X.

I would highly recommend that you just purchase yourself a Mac! You don't even need a top of the line Mac in order to start programming applications, a Mac Mini would do you just fine.

If you have any more questions about this then feel free to ask them.

Martina Carrington
Martina Carrington
Courses Plus Student 15,807 Points

Hi @Luke Glazebrook , you think a mac mini will do fine for the ios programming ?

agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
24,757 Points
agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
24,757 Points

Hello martina carrington

A friend of mine recently purchased a MacBook. He tells me that Xcode runs great on it. Omar also have a good point. Any mac that runs Xcode will do just fine.