It’s going to be a real struggle with 8 GB of RAM. I have the M1 mini with 8 GB of RAM and even the simplest smallest app in X code is an absolute slog. I ended up having to manually disable some of the Apple Intelligence services to get the ram back just to get the canvas renderer working in Xcode. Literally some of the xcode services just failed in tutorial apps due to RAM shortages. Really bafflingly inefficient compared to Windows IDEs
Windows recall, intrusive addition of AI features (is there even a pinky promise that they're not training on user data?), more builtin ads, and less user control (most notably the removal of using the OS without an account - something that makes sense in the context of undisclosed theft of private information).
This was 2025. I'm excited for what 2026 will bring. Things are moving fast indeed.
Unfortunately they still seem to be flooded with trackers, even if you’re a paying customer. Here’s what my firewall blocks when i browse the verge for a few seconds with my browser’s ad blocker disabled: https://ibb.co/0JpKkCJ