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Ease so I will stop being curious because I have it, or ease because Apple is so brilliant? :D

It's not so brilliant but it works better than most laptops. Not to mention the OS is UNIX based.

Is UNIX a good or a bad thing?

depends...they tend to be a lot more reliable then windows machines, that's a pretty accessible advantage.

other than that, I feel like most of the advantages of unix systems come with either having some experience with them, or being willing to learn some of their underlying command line system. Personally, I love them. I work with webservers all the time, and so having a unix terminal at your fingertips can make things really simple. But, if you are not likely to jump into that realm, then maybe it's not a factor.

I still have no idea what this Unix thing is :D

It's a way better system than Windows will ever be. It's basically way more secure, there are almost no viruses and it's free. Also yeah get a Mac if you want to work with it. If you are planing to play games maybe Windows is the way to go.

Thanks for your input! I'm really leaning towards getting one now! Haha