I'm absolutely delighted with my MacBook Pro (13"). It's used primarily for Internet, word processing and photography. I'm not a computer geek or tech, am just an average computer consumer (who does not hang out at coffee shops caring if my laptop is glamorous).

The Apple Store buying process was delightful, didn't even have to stand in line at a cash register. I bought the $99 "One on One" service and have made good use of the knowledgeable teaching. Am going to pay them some more visits to learn how to revamp my website (which a friend who was a programmer put together a couple years ago). I don't need "community support" -- If there's ever a problem with my MacBook, I'll just pop over to the Apple store and drop it off.

Computers -- Windows-based, Apple, Linux -- have come a long, long way and are miraculous compared to several years ago or earlier. I paid $1000 less for my Apple than I paid for any previous computer so that was my price comparison more than contemporaneous competition.

With my first Apple so far being such a pleasure compared to all my previous Windows systems, I'm inclined to stay with Macs (and i-Pads and i-Phones).