No intention to initiate another Mac/PC debate here. This is just our experience to take or not as you wish.
Ran and maintained PC desktops and laptops from various manufacturers for me and DW for 25+ years (Dell, Compact, HP, etc..). I'm not a computer "expert" but I was reasonably knowledgeable and familiar with them both hardware and software wise. I got really tired of the ongoing need to run virus checks, malware checks and fix general problems on all our 3 or 4 computers (lockups, blue screens of death, etc...). Also got tired of the ongoing promises that the newest operating version of Windows would resolve many of the issues I had to work with. My dad recently got the newest Windows on a new laptop and needed some help cleaning up malware on a week old computer .... wow, thought it would have advanced more by now. In any event, I found I generally had to replace our PCs around the 5 yr mark when they became too slow, unable to update to reasonably current software and required too much maintenance.
I changed to cheapest MacBook I could buy six yrs ago. Some learning curve but it's still running as strong as the day I bought it and has been my only computer since the purchase. No regular maintenance needed and no need for user run virus checks, malware checks. At about 5.5 yrs, I had a hard drive that failed so I replaced it. At the same time, I added more RAM to speed up the computer when I had many things open and my RAM was all used up. A couple months ago, I also changed the battery to extend battery run life back to original time.
About a year after I changed to a MacBook, finally got my wife to dump her high end PC that supports her photography business. She got a high end Mac Pro. She is now much happier also (as am I since I no longer have to maintain her computer). She chose to get a second one as a backup for her business recently.
When we purchased ours, we found Macs to be significantly more expensive to buy than PCs for the same specs. The added cost appears to be partially offset by the extra longevity in our case. Certainly offset if I put any value on my time to maintain the PC's we used to have. But the initial cost is certainly higher and can be hard to stomach.
Nor is all software made for the OS operating system so need to check what you want to run. As others have mentioned, we didn't like Quicken on Mac though loved it on our PCs. We changed to Moneydance and are happy. We also changed to OpenOffice (free) to do all the stuff we used to use Microsoft Office for to avoid buying Office for Mac. Very happy there as well.
Also there is a learning curve to change systems. My wife and I are fairly computer literate and found the learning curve easy. Others may find it more annoying.
Good luck on whatever you choose to buy and hope you are happy with the choice. We all spend a lot of times on computers these days so good to get something you like.
