# 6-core mac mini for Elixir development?

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/6-core-mac-mini-for-elixir-development/28096>\
**Category:** Discussions\
**Tags:** development, mac\
**Created:** [January 7, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/6-core-mac-mini-for-elixir-development/28096 "2020-01-07T22:39:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://forum.elixirforum.com/user_avatar/forum.elixirforum.com/astonj/32/15_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/AstonJ)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/6-core-mac-mini-for-elixir-development/28096/2 "2020-01-07T22:51:02Z")

</div>

I doubt you will notice the difference for dev, but get the 6-core anyway - to future proof yourself with general apps and OS updates which will increasingly make more use of cores :023:

---

_[View the full topic](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/6-core-mac-mini-for-elixir-development/28096)._