Learning Android Development

First View for Android Development on Apple M1 Chip Device

Is Android Development good in M1 MacBook Pro?

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Late last year, Apple came up with its own Apple M1 Chip MacBook Pro. It’s so exciting as even with the 13.3" device, it seems to outperform much better than its previous generation better devices.

Does it mean I should jump onto it for Android Development?

Below is my first glance of it…

Spec looks good

By default, the M1 MacBook Pro came with

• 8 core-GPU
• 8GB of RAM
• 256 GB of Storage

However, we can configure the RAM to 16 GB, and with much larger storage e.g. 512 GB, which to me, is good enough for Android Development.

MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) — Technical Specifications

Besides, I like the real ESC key that is now back on the keyboard.

One down side is, there’s only 2 USB-C ports available on the left side. That’s limiting…