Our infrastructure is also totally Linux based. But we don't mandate what the developers use. Personally, I prefer to use a beefy desktop machine with multipl

Our infrastructure is also totally Linux based. But we don't mandate what the developers use. Personally, I prefer to use a beefy desktop machine with multiple screens instead of a notebook. When it comes to hitting the road, I prefer the MacBook. Please consider the many suggestions for using virtualisation and the suggestions of nazism. Personally, if a developer was fantastic and preferred to use Windows, then as long as he observed security requirements it would be all systems go. Anyway, most software that runs on Linux is also ported to OS/X and Windows (support levels may differ) so perhaps setting up your dev env on other platforms could be instructive.