>> but the same can be said for (an appropriately set up) Windows development machine.
For php sure, but not really for python or ruby OSX/Linux are much better supported and it is so much easier to use tools like rvm and virtualenv on linux/OSX. Perl I don't have much experience (How easy is it to use something like CPAN and/or mod_perl on windows?)
I really can't see the advantage of Windows if you aren't building to deploy on Windows.
Internet Explorer should probably be an afterthought unless you are going directly to supporting enterprise.
I agree with the build and deploy on the same platform thing but from what I have seen there are a large amount of tools available on Macs not to mention things like photoshop and the like being supported that might make it more advantageous to develop there and still have a similar system to what you are deploying on.
Strawberry Perl has made CPAN _very_ easy to use on Windows. I don't know about mod_perl, but with Plack there are a lot of great options besides mod_perl for web app deployment.
For php sure, but not really for python or ruby OSX/Linux are much better supported and it is so much easier to use tools like rvm and virtualenv on linux/OSX. Perl I don't have much experience (How easy is it to use something like CPAN and/or mod_perl on windows?)
I really can't see the advantage of Windows if you aren't building to deploy on Windows.
Internet Explorer should probably be an afterthought unless you are going directly to supporting enterprise.
I agree with the build and deploy on the same platform thing but from what I have seen there are a large amount of tools available on Macs not to mention things like photoshop and the like being supported that might make it more advantageous to develop there and still have a similar system to what you are deploying on.