Of course I tried Rosetta 2, but at least for these two, it’s quite slow. Unfortunately I couldn’t really develop software on the MacBook Air for a while, since Java and IntelliJ were not available for aarch64-based Macs. I never had an Intel-based MacBook Air, but the last time is used a dual-core CPU for development, was not pretty und that was a pretty decent i5 and not a ultra-low voltage i3.
In many scenarios it even surpasses my MacBook Pro with ease. It’s really amazing how good this small, passively cooled MacBook Air is keeping up. On an Intel-based Mac this would be an absolute pain in the ass, even my old 15” MacBook Pro Late 2017 with 16 GB struggles sometimes with RAM usage. As strange as it sounds, I don’t regret buying only 8 GB of RAM. There are enough videos on YouTube out there to show how awesome the new Macs are, but I want to share my perspective as a software developer.Ībout six weeks ago, I was too hyped not to buy an ARM-based Mac, so I ordered a basic MacBook Air with 8 GB RAM (16 GB was hard to get at this time).
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