Definitely this. So many people here recommending linux, WSL, a macbook, etc, for absolutely no reason. There is no reason any plain old windows would not work

Definitely this. So many people here recommending linux, WSL, a macbook, etc, for absolutely no reason. There is no reason any plain old windows would not work for python. I learned about back around 2005, on windows, using the good ol' bundled IDLE editor/repl. I do agree however that VS Code with the Python plugin makes for a great dev environment. So yeah, OP, just install python and vs code right and dive into it. You can learn linux later if you want to.