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Discussion on: How to setup Development Environment on new Macbook Pro M1

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jan paul

Hi man. Ty for the writeup. I also thought about replacing my 2016MacBook Pro with ARM one, but after speaking to collegues about the differences of the architecure, i decided to wait like 2 years. Then i will check for the most common tools and their compatibility.

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Jonathan Reeves

I definitely see where you're coming from. I decided to go ahead and get the laptop because I have been developing on Windows computers for about 2 years now and have hated every minute of it. I started my developer journey on aac and switched to windows in a very regrettable decision. I then found a new job where we now develop solely on macOS and decided to go ahead and buy my own MacBook but get the M1. Other than the slight learning curve of Rosetta 2 and the command you need for installing and running the Intel based software I would say that the M1 is faster than my work Mac which is the late 2019 model with 6-core i7 and 16GB of Ram. I am thoroughly enjoying the new MacBook pro. Of course the 16" would have been better but as that hasn't come out yet I have grown accustomed to the 13.3 inch screen since all of my personal projects before this laptop were on a surface laptop which is similar in screen size.