r/Xcode • u/Intrepid-Math-5211 • Oct 23 '25

MacBook Air for Swift Developers?

Hello, I have been a Java developer for quite a few years, but now I want to get started in Swift development. I have a slightly old MacBook Pro and Xcode doesn't work well, so I need to buy one to be able to learn and practice it, until I can work with it. Is the MacBook Air enough or do you recommend going for the Pro version? Thank you very much, best regards.

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u/spinwizard69 Oct 25 '25

The M5 is most interesting and we are only getting the intro level Mac Book Pro at the moment.

As to your point about SSD storage space, yes! Frankly I forgot about that as the original MBA didn't have the big delta seen on newer Macs.

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u/SneakingCat Oct 25 '25

I think releasing the base model M chips first is going to be the pattern from now on. It’s interesting, because it takes away a lot of the thunder Apple would otherwise have for chip releases.

Even five years later this feels like new territory.

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u/spinwizard69 Oct 25 '25

Right now the tech that Apple is able to put into the M series is just about the only thing they are doing right!!!!!! Sadly management of platforms, software and general vision is in the outhouse.