I finally broke down and bought a Mac. I was dead against it because I had a Dell and whenever anything went wrong, which a lot did, my daughter would say, "Well, you should have bought a Mac." That used to annoy me to no end. When I was in the market for a new laptop I just said screw it and I bought my MacBook. I am now part of the Mac Cult and I "will never go back."
The operating system is so different. So organized, so user friendly, so much neater than a regular Windows based. I would definitely recommend a Mac. Their technical assistance is awesome. Mac is like the American Express of credit cards! LOL.