User blog comment:Campinator/My Birthday.../@comment-25330335-20161220183743/@comment-25330335-20161221030754

That mac (provided internet works, heh :P) will be your best friend. Linux (which is the operating system the Pi runs) and OS X are both descended from Unix, so there are a lot of similarities, and also allows you some nice flexibility with the command line and remote access in the way. I'd also reccommend getting familiar with interfacing with a computer (mac or Pi, although a lot of the really basic commands work with windows too) using the command line, which is going to be a super helpful tool once you get into actually doing things with the pi.

As always, if you have any questions about anything, or just need a hand, I'm totally available to help out, and I'd even be willing to try some stuff for you to see if I could get it to work. Just let me know!