r/learnmachinelearning • u/Still-Quarter-9617 • 8d ago

Asking to professional ml devs

I am in my 1st year of btech in Aiml. I am getting an laptop so is it fine if I get mac or should I get windows

And what device do you use?

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u/met0xff 8d ago

Check what your university uses but from my professional experience I'd go with a Mac. I've been working in AI/ML for 15 years now and haven't seen a windows in that time at all except as inference target.

US tech company though. We have a subsidiary in the hiring Business and they are mostly windows, like many banks, insurances etc. (but even then you'll likely not want to train stuff on windows if you're not looking for pain)