Mac or Windows for programming?

Hi, I’m Hafsa ! a project manager all day and a developer by night, and this is what I hear most of the time from other programmers who uses Macintosh.

My first programming classes we had to work only with Windows and a Linux virtual machine I worked mainly with C# and visual studio, the lab computers we used at my university were always windows machines.

I kept using a Windows computer because that’s what I’ve been using for all my classes, I never really had to wonder if I should use a Mac, I had Windows and VM Linux on the same machine, it was sufficient for me.

I hear many people telling me to switch to a Mac, I’m not hating on mac or anything, I’ve always preferred Windows, you choose a computer because it’s the most adequate with your need and what technology you are working with.

Either will work fine, but you may also want to consider what you’re instructors will be using especially when you are a beginner. I use a Windows laptop, and most of my teachers and my peers use Windows. I get along fine but sometimes I have to…