<p>What I would do: I'd take a mac and install Ubuntu. So you get the nice hardware with the nice OS and don't have to worry about Python compatibility issues (my co-workers most of the time struggle compiling C extensions).</p>
<p>FYI, I am an ex-Windows user that switched to Ubuntu 2 years ago and got a nice Mac from work 3 months ago. I felt like a baby giraffe learning on how to stand on its legs on a frozen lake. Two days later I returned it for a Thinkpad. I later learned I could install Ubuntu on a Mac (doh!). According to my co-worker, using the latest Ubuntu worked just fine out of the box on his Mac. There was only one tweak required for the webcam to work (a quick Google search tells you how).</p>
<p>If you are a Windows user, I am not sure this helped you though. Well that said, I think I'd install Windows if I can't get along with Mac OS. :)</p>
<p>Sent from my fantastic HTC Hero</p>
<p><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 23, 2010 2:14 PM, "Vikram K" <<a href="mailto:kpguy1975@gmail.com">kpguy1975@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>Recently i got funding to buy a new laptop. The choice is between Apple (which i have never ever used), or HP/Dell. <br>
<br>Since most of my computational work will be using python i wanted to ask others on this forum about whether there would be any compatibility issues with using the various python libraries (matplotlib, scipy, numpy, Biopython, etc.) when using Python on the Mac.<br>
<br>Thanks<br><font color="#888888">Vikram<br>
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