Is Delphi Alexandria compatible with MacAirbook M1 Chip, macOS 10.14 Mojave

[AllanF 0]

I am a Delphi developer and am using Delphi Alexandria. I want to create few MAC FMX applications. I have tried MacInCloud but it is too slow. I want to purchase a MAC instead which is affordable. I have found MacAirbook M1 Chip, macOS 10.14 Mojave within my budget. My worry is that the Mac should not be too old and incompatible with Delphi Alexandria

[Richard Hatherall 3]

Any Mac with Apple Silicon chips (M1, M2, etc.) can be upgraded to the latest macOS 15 Sequoia. Running that with Windows in Parallels should be fine for Alexandria (or Athens) — it's what I use. Just make sure you get a machine with plenty of RAM. Remember, the RAM in Apple Silicon Macs is all on-chip, so not upgradeable, and you will be running Windows on top of macOS.

 

Although, I just had to check because I thought it was a little old... are you sure the listing is right? 10.14 Mojave is an Intel OS released 2 years before the M1 machines. I'd expect it to be macOS 11 Big Sur at a minimum.

 

And... a MacBook Air are a little lightweight. It will run what you want but probably not as nippy as you'd hope for when under load.

Edited October 7 by Richard Hatherall

[Richard Hatherall 3]

Although, I just had to check because I thought it was a little old... are you sure the listing is right? 10.14 Mojave is an Intel OS released 2 years before the M1 machines. I'd expect it to be macOS 11 Big Sur at a minimum.

[AllanF 0]

Thanks for the response! I'll be running Delphi on my existing Windows machine, and I’ll have a MacBook Air within the LAN, so I don’t expect it to require many additional resources.

 

The product description on Amazon.in states: "Apple MacBook Air Laptop: Apple M1 chip, 13.3-inch/33.74 cm Retina Display, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Storage, Backlit Keyboard, FaceTime HD Camera, Touch ID. Works with iPhone/iPad; Space Grey."