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by hikari17 4697 days ago
You could try the RailsInstaller (http://www.railsinstaller.org/en) project from Luis Lavena. I went from essentially zero webdev experience to completing Michael Hartl's Rails Tutorial to building modest production applications in Rails on my Windows 7 PC at work with RailsInstaller as my starting point. It hasn't been problem-free, but I've been able to get great support through the RailsInstaller Google group.

Full disclosure, though, I also have a Mac for personal use and I've definitely found Rails development and deployment to be much easier on a linux-like platform than a Windows one.
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prakster 4697 days ago
Michael Hartl had suggested to me that while it can be done on Windows, I'd probably be more efficient with his tutorial if I get a Mac.
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zachlatta 4697 days ago
Honestly it shouldn't make too much of a difference. I've never used rails on Windows myself, but I've heard it works alright. If you're really worried, I'd install a Linux VM on your computer and work from there.
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