Options for PC users

[MetroGnome217]

I am a PC user (I know, but i cant afford a mac!) that really wants to program an app for the iphone. I have some good ideas, but unfortunatley, I cannot find any options for PC users. So i have some questions
-Are there any PC programmer out there?
-If so, what do you use (and could you post a link


Thanks

[rdklein]

I am programming on a PC, but for the iPhone you need a MAC !
A MAC laptop (intel based) will do the job for the start. Xcode is free but only for MACs available.

[spacecowgoesmoo]

(Repost from last month)
PC Dev-ing is entirely possible. Trace was PC made, for example: Make your game in C++ on a PC, and then translate it over to the SDK at the end (Which you WILL have to get a Mac for, btw). It requires one more layer of stuff to do in the final translation, but if you're not sure if you want to take the plunge and buy a mac yet then this might be the way to go.

[conrem]

buy a mac, make your life easier.

[tinginteractive]

You can develop for blackberry and android.

[Eric5h5]

I am a PC user (I know, but i cant afford a mac!)

Sure you can't afford $600 for a Mac mini? Because you don't need a $3K Mac Pro or anything.

--Eric

[conrem]

buy smth used. i think it is not a problem.

[MetroGnome217]

Thanks for the great responses, i didnt know about the $600 mac mini
THANKS!!

[Kim]

Are you a student? Apple usually has a discount for students. I don't know if it's still the case, but my first Mac was a mini and I got a discount at that time.

[lazypeon]

Thanks for the great responses, i didnt know about the $600 mac mini
THANKS!!
I wasn't sure Mini would be okay for development, but it's been awesome thus far. I only have 1GB RAM, but have not run into any issues. Highly recommended for PC users to get started on iPhone dev.

[MetroGnome217]

Are you a student? Apple usually has a discount for students. I don't know if it's still the case, but my first Mac was a mini and I got a discount at that time.

Yes I am a student,
Where did you see the discount?

[THEDeliriumTrigger]

Yes I am a student,
Where did you see the discount?

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/education_routing/

[brewstermax]

If you where an expert coder, and could actually do it, and had a through knowledge of the iPhone filesystem and developing methods and layout, you could manually code everything on a PC. Compiling and all, but it's impractical, and far easier to just "Get a Mac". Or wait for WWDC to see if Apple has "iPhone SDK for PC" up it's sleeve. It would never happen with Steve present, but anything is possible.

[Spotlight]

if you where an expert coder, and could actually do it, and had a through knowledge of the iphone filesystem and developing methods and layout, you could manually code everything on a pc. Compiling and all, but it's impractical, and far easier to just "get a mac". Or wait for wwdc to see if apple has "iphone sdk for pc" up it's sleeve. It would never happen with steve present, but anything is possible.

fake!

[brewstermax]

fake!

What?