I think the real answer depends on the role you play. For work I use character terminals, remote screen sessions and web browsers for everything that matters w

I think the real answer depends on the role you play. For work I use character terminals, remote screen sessions and web browsers for everything that matters which leaves me free to use just about any laptop/desktop/os combination I want. Although in theory I'm free to go with whatever I like, I find in practice that using the same working environment as my co-workers helps everyone on the team be more productive because everyone quickly learns how to help each other solve unanticipated problems. As a consequence I did the dual-boot windows/linux thing for several years and later switched to OSX because that's what my fellow developers were doing at the time. At home where my role is different (I'm pretty much the sole source of technical support for my family), we all have Mac laptops running OSX because our time is important to us and I've found keeping several OSX laptops working properly is trivial compared to other operating systems.