It's slated for release on the same day as Xcode's Win64 version.
would be pretty sweet, can't wait for both! although, I prefer C# to ObjC and VS to Xcode by a large margin.
You can target Mac/iOS from Visual Studio with Xamarin. :)
...and an additional Mac machine on the network. It's not like they are free.
I do agree with you but nowadays you could pickup a used Mac Mini for $400-$500 that should be more than good enough for this. It's still a cost but its not as out of reach it may have been.
Well, there's the cloud version that'll run on your mac;