Retina MBP 13 or 15?

[waldoh]

I want to start learning iOS, swift and metal. Do I need the extra horsepower of the quad core in the 15 rmbp or will the dual core in the 13 work?


Also I am not interested in building a hackintosh or using a desktop/iMac/mini.

 

[mfenn]

Moved from General Hardware

mfenn
General Hardware Moderator

 

[mfenn]

For general iOS development, the 13"-er is fine IMHO.

 

[Essence_of_War]

I want to start learning iOS, swift and metal. Do I need the extra horsepower of the quad core in the 15 rmbp or will the dual core in the 13 work?


Also I am not interested in building a hackintosh or using a desktop/iMac/mini.

Will this be your primary workstation, and/or do you do anything that demands a discrete gpu? If yes to both, I'd probably go with the 15''. Otherwise, the 13'' should be great.

 

[TheStu]

Honestly, for that sort of thing, the MacBook Air would also be fine, I use my '10 MBA11 to do xcode. Though, if you're looking for a 13" screen, the rMBP is the way to go, even though it is slightly more expensive. It's faster, and oh my the screen...