Options for PC users

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  1. MetroGnome217

    MetroGnome217 Well-Known Member

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    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
     
  2. rdklein

    rdklein Well-Known Member

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    Munich
    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.
     
  3. spacecowgoesmoo

    spacecowgoesmoo Well-Known Member

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    (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.
     
  4. conrem

    conrem Well-Known Member

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    buy a mac, make your life easier.
     
  5. tinginteractive

    tinginteractive Active Member

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    You can develop for blackberry and android.
     
  6. Eric5h5

    Eric5h5 Well-Known Member

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

    --Eric
     
  7. conrem

    conrem Well-Known Member

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    buy smth used. i think it is not a problem.
     
  8. MetroGnome217

    MetroGnome217 Well-Known Member

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

    Kim Well-Known Member

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    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.
     
  10. lazypeon

    lazypeon Well-Known Member
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    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.
     
  11. MetroGnome217

    MetroGnome217 Well-Known Member

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

    THEDeliriumTrigger Well-Known Member

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  13. brewstermax

    brewstermax Well-Known Member

    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.
     
  14. Spotlight

    Spotlight Well-Known Member

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    fake!
     
  15. brewstermax

    brewstermax Well-Known Member

    What?
     

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