[AccessD] OT: C#, MonoTouch, MonoDroid, Apple MacBook Pro 17" QuadCore i7 etc.

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
>
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