It&#x27;s irrelevant. A top of the line laptop that&#x27;s reliable costs about $3k regardless of manufacturer. At least last time I checked.<p>And no, not on Windows because in my experience it&#x27;s the most terrible system for developers. Might&#x27;ve improved in the last 15 years.<p>And no, not on linux. In my experience it requires constant tinkering with the system. According to my friends still on linux, this hasn&#x27;t changed in the last 3 years.<p>So yeah, I guess only mac is left. Which often still requires too much tinkering, but feels like less than linux. And I honestly haven&#x27;t used windows in earnest in 15 years so hard to say.