Developing iPhone Applications on Mac Os 8.5 [closed]

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I'm new to mac and iPhone programing. I got a mac computer with os 8.5 from a friend, can I program iPhone applications on this computer? If not, what should I do?

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No, sorry. Developing iPhone applications requires an Intel Mac, and Mac OS 8.5 is a PowerPC operating system, which means that any computer which runs OS 8.5 is not an Intel mac (needed for the iPhone SDK).

Your best bet from here would be to buy a Mac Mini, which sells for $599 at apple.com.

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Ironically, the iPhone probably runs faster than that Mac OS 8.5 computer does.

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You can program on any computer, but you need an intel based mac to do iPhone coding. I would highly recommend dishing out $119 for snow leopard and/or a new intel based computer. You can get a used mac-mini for less than 300 on eBay.