Ubuntu PC or a MAC
dlevine: I use my mac for everything. Our application is hosted off of ubuntu servers, and it's pretty seamless to switch between the two. My business partner runs ubuntu on his laptop - he has to boot windows to do photoshop, but that's pretty much it.The Mac OS is prettier. I would suspect that it gives you a better experience on a laptop than Ubuntu does. For some reason, I like my macbook better than I liked my thinkpad before that. If you don't care about such things, you might be better off with Ubuntu.