How can I develop iOS and mac apps without a mac?

This is more of a suggustion to apple rather than a forum question. I am a novice developer and want to develop mac an ios apps. I am looking for a way to do this without spending $1000 on a mac. because it took me 9 months to save up for a ipad. any suggestions would be good but the best would be to get an apple rep. to see this. thanks!

No Apple reps here and sending feedback will be a waste of your time, Apple is not going to go to the expense of creating a Windows version of the SDK.
You are listing a MacBook on your profile, do you not have one? If you do you can use it to develop apps. If not, look for a used or refurbished (on the online Apple Store) Intel-based Mac Mini and work on it. If you have a monitor, mouse and keyboard they will work with it.

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