Few iOs release questions

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Do i need mac for releasing my app to apple store?
And if i do, which is cheapest/lowest mac that i can use just for releasing.
If i want to compile C++ code, again which mac would be cheapest to get for this task.

I do have some quite powerful windows machines, so i am using them for development.
Mac that I (hopefully not) need would be used for releasing, compiling C+ and probably as mp3 player.

Ps.
To clarify:
I am not asking about deploying to ios devices, that i can do from windows.
I am asking about releasing to apple store.

2

Ok I found out that I do need mac.
And i found cheap, used one.
Only questions is if one of those can handle releasing to apple store.

MacBook 2010:
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz@2.4GHz
HDD - 320 GB SATA
RAM - 4 GB DDR3
Mac OS X Lion 10.7

or Mac Mini:
2,4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo örgjörva
-Innbyggt bluetooth or Wifi.
-500 GB HDD
-6GB RAM
Yosemite OS

3

I’ve been using a hired remote Mac with macincloud.com - US$30 for 30 hours, which is plenty for the purposes of just uploading testflight builds, releasing, or uploading app preview videos (which you have to use a mac for now, too). Pretty happy with it really. Not sure on specs for your own one if you need to compile, though.

4

Ahh we already bought used one. But good to know they are renting macs online.

5

You can also emulate a mac on your pc. (Check “Oracle VM VirtualBox”)