What is minimum hardware and software requirements for Iphone native apps development?

Can i develop and test iphone native applications on windows pc and testing in any iphone simulator? If no then, What is min开发者_StackOverflow中文版imum hardware and software requirements for Iphone native apps development. I want to make development environment setup in minimum possible price.

• Intel-based Mac (can be a Mac Mini; I prefer a MacBook Pro that I can take with me and develop in a variety of locations, office, a playground while kids play, when I travel...)
• Xcode (free download)

Optional software I use all the time:

• Adobe Photoshop (or similar bitmap and/or vector based image editing software)
• Logic Pro (or similar sound editing software with a library of sfx)

The optional stuff is not something I needed as much for other software development. It seems that on the iPhone, the audio/visual experience is as much a selling point as the functionality of the app.

As for whether a simulator is good enough, I have to say NO! The iPhone Simulator is adequate for simple apps, but it operates at a faster processing speed than iPhones and iPhone Touches, making your app run faster than it would in the real world. It also behaves differently in a number of ways, which makes it important to have a 'real' alternative. In fact, during a day of development, I may use the iPhone Simulator for 80% of the test builds, and an iPhone OS device for the other 20% in order to make sure I am on the right track. I have two iPhones with 3.0 and 2.0 software, plus two iPod Touches. The 2.0 iPhone is the 3G, which is the slowest, then the iPod Touches are a bit faster, and the iPhone 3Gs is the fastest of the bunch. I test with all to make sure the user experience doesn't get too sluggish on the slowest.

You basically need an Intel-based Mac. You can find used Mac mini's for cheap (and use an existing monitor and USB keyboard/mouse).

If you're serious about iPhone development, buy a refurbished Mac Mini and a refurbished iPhone to test it on. If you just want to play around first, search Stack Overflow for the thousand other questions that answer how to do iPhone development on windows.

If you're serious about iPhone development, buy a refurbished Mac Mini and a refurbished iPhone to test it on.I prefer to use mac-Mini or an intel based mac.You can do almost all testing on Simulator except these few which requires original hardware(Gps,Opening another iPhone app from your native app).In terms of memory simulator doesn't have it's own memory it depends on your hardware memory so if you want to develop a good bug free app go purchase an iPhone.