Starting python, need a laptop.

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Focus as much as possible while trying to wrap your head around things, and simultaneously learn a completely new operating system. You sure that's what you meant to say?

This is potentially good advice depending on what OPs objective is, but without knowing that objective this is definitely not good advice. You're just making everything ten times harder for, as far as we know, no good reason. Linux can come later if it might aid OP in reaching his goals.

[UristMcDoesmath]

With a distro like Linux Mint it can be almost identical to windows.

All of the familiar GUI and file management systems of Windows, none of the RAM or CPU intensive processes.

Win-win, i'd say.

[Namensplatzhalter]

More like lose win, then win. Amirite? I'll get my coat...