Mac's are a popular choice for programmers. They offer a great balance. Great UI (to each their own), they generally just work, but best of all the tools (mostl

Mac's are a popular choice for programmers. They offer a great balance. Great UI (to each their own), they generally just work, but best of all the tools (mostly) just work. Getting Git, Ruby, Rails, PHP, Apache etc installed on Mac is a pretty painless experience (most of the time). Out of all the platforms I've used (Windows, Linux, Mac), I've spent the least time trying to get my environment "right" on my Mac.