title: What O/S do you prefer for web development, and why?
body: <p>I consider myself fairly versatile when it comes to O/S selection. I have used DOS/Windows PC's all my life, switched my main laptop to Mac two years ago, and have used numerous flavors of Unix/Linux/BSD while studying for my Comp.Sci. degree.</p>
  
  <p>However, as I'm trying to improve my development environment, I'm starting to wonder if I'd be better off scrapping the Macbook for a PC with a different O/S flavor (to support a different set of tools and IDEs).</p>
  
  <p><strong>What O/S do you prefer for (web) development, and why?</strong> (prefer answers from people who have real-world experience coding on multiple platforms)</p>
  
  <p>(<em>Note: I am aware of <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58463/preferred-operating-system-for-web-programmers-client-or-server">this question</a> discussing client vs. server O/S - what I'm interested is the whole development environment, and not limited to the 'Windows crowd'</em>)</p>