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Three months from now, you can be a bit knowledgeable in Rails or own a Mac. Which is the better option depends on what you really want to do and how much effort you want to put forth.

I second the idea of Linux, and suggest installing it in a VM under Windows 8. And yes there:s a learning curve, but one driven by necessity and applicable to the world of web applications of which Rails is a part.

Good luck.

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Thanks. Any pointers / links for where I can go from here?

I recommend installing Ubuntu on a separate partition to avoid upgrading issues later on:

https://youtu.be/SKsIvLPqlrc

Then completing this Rails tutorial:

http://ruby.railstutorial.org

Then expanding your knowledge with RailsCasts while developing your own web application:

http://railscasts.com

I would run it in a VM not as a separate bootable partition and use Hyper-V to create it.

http://www.groovypost.com/howto/create-virtual-machine-hyper...

It's a lot easier just to dedicate one to school work and dispose of it when done, or clone it another VM is needed.

That way Ubuntu is just another app.

Am aware of Railscasts. Thank you for the links to the video and RailsTutorial.

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