MacBook Air, Mid 2012 - base model with 4GB RAM etc.
Mt Lion. Don't feel the need of Linux now.
S/W:
Text - TextEdit, TextWrangler, Mo, Marked, MacVim(I've realized it works better without all those 'fancy' plug-ins), LyX for LaTex, iAWriter - *I collecetd/bought a lot more than I intended to use. My suggestion to you is pick any simple one and stick to it. You'll never need to look at those religious best text editors lists)
Note taking: Notational Velocity, Evernote
IDE: IntelliJ Idea, xCode(which keeps breaking after I nuke its iOS and Mac and other libraries/docsets that I don't use)
Version Control: Github and SourceTree
Comm: Adium, Mail, Telephone, Colloquy,
Backup/Sync: CrashPlan, Dropbox, Arq(to Glacier; for everything else Cyberduck was great)
Share: CloudApp, YoruFukurou(best/lightweight Mac twitter client)
Office: LibreOffice
Browser: Firefox for everything (except Chrome to stream online videos without Flash)
Video: MPlayerX, VLC(someimtes)
Music: iTunes(I wish it could sync my Andorid, will ditch if I get a real good alternative that does so)
Other tools: Jumpcut for clipboard, iTerm and Go2Shell for easy terminal access, Keka for file (de)compression, NetNewsWire for feeds, Skype(unfortunately), Transission & µTorrent both etc.