Is the 2011 macbook air 11" 4 gig sufficient for xcode development and PS?

I would like to use it an an iOS development machine (as i own no other mac) but i need to know if it will be sufficient for iOS dev. And is开发者_JAVA百科 it sufficient for PS?

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I have tried Xcode development with 4 GB and I can say it is possible. After I upgraded to 8 GB, however, I noticed that things like launching the iPhone Simulator performed much better. I would be a bit more concerned about the 11" screen, actually.

With my 13" screen, it is frustrating to not get as much visual area to display my code. I find myself switching the top and right sidebars in Xcode 4 on and off all the time.

So all in all, my advice would be against it without an external monitor. With an external monitor, I would give it a try--the SSD might compensate for the 4 GB of RAM and make it sufficient. Hope this helps.

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To add to Christian's answer, the screen is the worry for me as well. 11" is small. you would almost have to have at least one other monitor to really use it as a full time dev machine without going blind (seriously). 4 gigs is enough, and the processor is fine. Also, here is a great post on the exact question basically by a well known iPhone developer (Jeff LaMarche, author) Jeff LaMarche's blog

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I use a "13 MBA 2011 with 4gb. Performance is no issue as it sails through xcode 4 with ease, the SSD is a huge improvement over conventional hard disks.

I wouldn't recommend "11 though for development without an external monitor, purely because of the screensize.

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I use a 2011 15" Macbook Pro 4gig and it's fine for Xcode. However, I do use an external screen and would say that it wouldn't be as great if I didn't. So, using an 4gig MBA for developing is fine, but the 11" is really too small, even with an external screen.

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I used to use the 13" Macbook with 2Gb of RAM with the 2.4Ghz processor. It should run fine on any of the Intel based Macs. Obviously performance will be improved on better/newer machines. But you will run into frustration with the limited screen size. I would consider an external monitor or get really good with Spaces.