In my opinion, Windows and Mac OS are similarly bad for web development. Mac OS comes a little closer to the Linux environment I prefer using, but you'd probabl

In my opinion, Windows and Mac OS are similarly bad for web development. Mac OS comes a little closer to the Linux environment I prefer using, but you'd probably eventually run into something that was a pain to get working. I never had this issue myself because I haven't tried using Mac OS for professional development, but I did have an intern who had trouble getting PostgreSQL installed (I tried to help with no luck). With how common Docker is getting in development workflows, I think it's probably the best option for developing on either Mac or Windows. I think the big difference is that Docker will run natively on Windows whereas on a new Mac I believe you'd probably end up running through Rosetta. I strongly recommend Docker over the linux subsystem for windows - having tried to use the subsystem for professional web dev work, you'll probably run into some weird glitches eventually.