David McAfee
davidmcafee at gmail.com
Tue Aug 7 11:15:46 CDT 2012
There are also options like MacInCloud, if you want to dabble without the Mac investment. http://www.macincloud.com/ On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru>wrote: > Hi All -- > > I'm considering "jumping at" mobile/tablet apps development first of all > using C#, WinRT, WinPhone SDK ( > http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29233) > , Monodroid (http://xamarin.com/monoforandroid) and Monotouch ( > http://xamarin.com/monotouch/) . Monotouch development is currently > possible only using an Apple iOS-driven computer. So, I'm asking your > advice (first of all Hans' :) ) what would be an "optimal" Apple MacBook > 17" QuadCore i7 notebook with up to 16GB RAM, which I can purchase (this > fall hopefully) and to use to run MS Windows VM (under Parallels or VMWare > Fusion or ..?.) - MS Windows would still be my main development platform I > expect but I need a real Mac computer too... > > FYI: "Professional Cross-Platform Mobile Development in C#" ( > http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Cross-Platform-Mobile-Development-C/dp/1118157702) > is a real opportunity and it isn't a "rocket science" AFAIS (I have just > finished reading that book a couple of days ago, and I have glanced through > its accompanying C# sources, and I have run some samples). Yes, mobile apps > development learning/mastering would require quite some time investment, > that's clear, but continuing being iPhone/iPad and Android mobile/tablet > development ignorant seems to be nowadays as risky as never ( > http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/06/kantar-on-smartphones-samsung-45-of-euro-sales-apple-gained-only-in-uk-us-rim-holds-on-in-france/) > - I mean mobile apps market promise to be mainly iPhone/Android for many > years to come ... > > Thank you. > > -- Shamil > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >