I would recommend OS X for PHP. Things just work better on a mac for development. This is true for Rails and PHP development. Things just never seem to work a

I would recommend OS X for PHP. Things just work better on a mac for development. This is true for Rails and PHP development. Things just never seem to work as easily on windows. I would also recommend checking out Laravel and using Laravel Homestead (Vagrant) for development also check Laravel Forge for deployment. https://laracasts.com/lessons/introducing-laravel-homestead https://laracasts.com/lessons/introducing-laravel-homestead Laracasts is a great place to learn the Laravel Framework. Jeremy uses a mac so using OS X makes the tutorials easier.