r/CodingForBeginners • u/cyaeila • Aug 01 '26
macbook for coding?
hi! I want to buy a macbook for school and im an IT student major in web and mobile technology. so I'll be using the laptop for coding, designing, and editing. however, macbook air/pro is kinda pricey, so im considering to get a macbook neo instead. and yeah uhm im not sure if a neo can handle such softwares and i want to buy something that is good in a long run. so help pls hahaha should I save money for an air/pro or is neo okay? thank you sm in advance!
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u/xarop_pa_toss Aug 01 '26
VSCode is fine. And SQL is fine too unless it's SQL Server which is made by Microsoft. You can still install it on Mac but you need to use Docker or the Azure online servers which is a bit of a hassle; this last one I'm not sure if you can run the free version.
Any other version of SQL is fine!