MySQL Django settings and config

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I currently use Postgres and a Mac for my Django Dev environment.  However, when I first started I was using a Windows machine with MySQL.  When I looked through my notes just now, it was pretty easy to set up.  (I didn't use xampp however).  What I installed was:

1. MySQL workbench: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/

2. MySQL-python connector - I used pip install for this. So if you have "pip" then it's just: 
  pip install mysql-python
  
3. And, this is what my database settings looked like in my settings.py:

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
        'NAME': 'database_name',
        'USER': 'mysql_username,
        'PASSWORD': 'mysql_password,
        'HOST': '127.0.0.1',
        'PORT': '3306',
        'OPTIONS': {
            'read_default_file': 'my.cnf'
            }
    }
}

Thanks very much Aron.. I will give this a go when I get back home this evening! Hopefully it puts an end to my few days of frustration. :)

Would there be any major differences to running Postgres and Mac? (easier/more difficult etc?). I have windows and mac.