Macbook Air for writing code?

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I’m just getting into Unity, but I can’t lug my PC everywhere to code. Would a Macbook (Air, preferably) work for the coding parts, while running/testing on a PC? Does Unity even have a cloud coding feature? Just trying to figure out how best to set myself up.

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maybe opt for pro with more harddrive than basic model, but windows better value

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A macbook air will be fine for writing code but will not be great for actually running programs performance wise

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Code writing has the performance requirements of a word processor. So basically any computer can do it.

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Honestly, you can probably just set it up so you’re pushing/pulling your code from a repository from a Macbook if you’re just using it to code. No need for a cloud coding solution.

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You could easily code on a MacBook Air. However, you’ll probably want to do more than just type code. You’ll want to be able to run your project to test and iterate. For that, a powerful desktop PC is generally the best solution overall. If you are building a small 2D mobile game, then a MacBook Air would be fine to build and test on. However, if you are building large 3D games, then the MacBook Air may be underpowered for building and testing.

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Below that of a word processor. Compare vim to libre office, for example.

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I would like to point out that despite what I said earlier in this thread, I was developing solely on a microsoft surface last year for 6 months and while things were slow, I was able to develop on it.

Play mode took like a full minute to enter, framerate was complete **** but it did run, and unity did not crash anymore than it does on my pc that has 10x the power.

I am not saying it was a good setup (or I would have kept it as portability was awesome). But I am saying that it worked.

For mobile AR which is what I was doing at the time, it was actually okay. Moving onto PC + Switch development made me need to upgrade though.

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