That really depends on what you're doing. I've seen people coming from a pure math background really struggle. If you've never programmed before, then using som

That really depends on what you're doing. I've seen people coming from a pure math background really struggle. If you've never programmed before, then using something like TensowFlow isn't exactly going to feel natural. Familiarity with Python and the Linux ecosystem would definitely be quite helpful. Yes, I'm sure you could run ML models on a Windows machine, but at some point, you might want to perform experiments on a cluster, and it's going to be running Linux.