I own a Mac(Book Pro), and I dual boot Mac OSX and Ubuntu 11.04 on it. I spend 90% of my time in Ubuntu (mainly developing). I honestly think that if you're t

I own a Mac(Book Pro), and I dual boot Mac OSX and Ubuntu 11.04 on it. I spend 90% of my time in Ubuntu (mainly developing). I honestly think that if you're tight on cash and you just need a machine for development, get as much CPU-cycles and stability for your money as you can, and run a linux distro.