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I plan to start iPhone Dev. Is a Mac mini 2.26 GHz with 2Go memory powerful enough?

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I have mac mini with such processor and only 1GB memory. This is not bad for developing. With 2Gb it will be OK too.

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Certainly powerful enough. A 7200rpm drive is a cheap improvement, a SSD much more expensive but also more dramatic improvement. Your mini may not be capable of accepting 4GB RAM depending on generation but if it is, it's a cheap sweetener.

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I do regular OS X development on a two year old Macbook, which is more than sufficient. Although I would recommend putting in more RAM. I bought 2x2GB for ~150 USD, which really made a difference. Just make sure that it's actually somewhat easy to replace your RAM, IIRC it's quite difficult on some Mini's.

Update: There are some good picture guides on iFixIt - and if we look at one for the A1283 it seems pretty difficult, put possible.

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Xcode 10 or newer:

MAC mini 2018 is suitable for iOS programming.

Mac mini 2014 late: Use SSD for batter performance(also use for iOS programming)

Use SSD Min 8 GB Ram(Batter Experience then 4 GB)