People tend to stick to convention, and when they move to something that uses another convention, they tend to apply the convention of the former to the latter due to familiarity and because the former Just Works™. Then…
Machine doesn't matter, but I recommend Linux or Mac as most of the tools are built with, and are easier to work with on unix-like machines. Invest in an SSD as well, as running a dev server as well as tools do hit hard…
People tend to stick to convention, and when they move to something that uses another convention, they tend to apply the convention of the former to the latter due to familiarity and because the former Just Works™. Then…
Machine doesn't matter, but I recommend Linux or Mac as most of the tools are built with, and are easier to work with on unix-like machines. Invest in an SSD as well, as running a dev server as well as tools do hit hard…