Macbook Air: 2014 Model; BI Development

[JV_011_]

HI Guys, anyone running SQL 2012 or 14 on their macbook air ? Hows the performance ? FYI i don't want to dual boot

 

[$m@Rt@$$]

HI Guys, anyone running SQL 2012 or 14 on their macbook air ? Hows the performance ? FYI i don't want to dual boot

So you want to run it in an virtual environment? How old is the MacBook Air and what do you want to accomplish running SQL?

 

[JV_011_]

Its the recent model, i5 4gb ram with ssd. I will get paralell, install windows there and develop from there. I want to start freelancing as a BI developer and wanted to know if the air will be enough for basic development. Its portable, battery lass longer

 

[$m@Rt@$$]

For development use I would say so yes. It's obviously not meant to be used as a server. I have a new MacBook Air and the performance is simply mind blowing. Especially when you keep in mind the spec sheet. It multitasks like a little BOSS.

It is also good to hear that you intend to invest in Parallels since it's performance is a lot better that the free apps such as Virtual Box.