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Good morning, I'm in a dilemma, I'm starting my career in computer science at the university, and I want a machine that will serve me for the 5 years of the degree, both for work, using video beam, and to learn programming languages, so which of the 3 options would be better, an iPad Air, Pro or an iPad? And how much memory would be recommended? Thanks :D
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MacBook Air (M3, 2024)
Check with your university and its Computer Science department as to what machines they recommend for your planned course of study.
Depending on their curriculum, they might have a preference for Windows or for macOS. Or they might not care which platform you use. In any case, find out what they expect before laying out the cash for a new machine.
Between a Mac and an iPad, it's an easy choice: go with the Mac. Apple's Xcode development environment (for developing Mac, iPhone, iPad, etc. applications) runs on Mac hosts – not on iPhone or iPad ones. If you have any thoughts of installing other development tools, they're also more likely to be available for macOS than for iPadOS.
Check with your university and its Computer Science department as to what machines they recommend for your planned course of study.
Depending on their curriculum, they might have a preference for Windows or for macOS. Or they might not care which platform you use. In any case, find out what they expect before laying out the cash for a new machine.
Between a Mac and an iPad, it's an easy choice: go with the Mac. Apple's Xcode development environment (for developing Mac, iPhone, iPad, etc. applications) runs on Mac hosts – not on iPhone or iPad ones. If you have any thoughts of installing other development tools, they're also more likely to be available for macOS than for iPadOS.
An iPad can only run software obtained from the App Store, so I would certainly not rely on that for comp sci courses.
iPad recommendation to start learning to program at university?
