I went from a Dell to a Mac Book Pro, 13 " laptop and I'll never go back to a Windows computer. I also got an iPhone, iPad air 2 and so did my husband but he still has the windows laptop. There is a MicrosoftOffice Suite for Mac if you really need that platform. The spreadsheet in Mac's Numbers doesn't work well with an Excel spreadsheet if someone send one to you. The Microsoft word does play nice with Mac's Pages. I did have a few burps in the learning curve but I was persistent and kept going to the free classes at Apple Store. I did get the 3 year service plan and free help thrown in and it has been nice to call Apple Support and get help. I bought my Mac last year and the salesperson asked me if I was going to be a student, or if I was buying it for a student. He said if I said yes then the 3 year service plan was thrown in as a bonus. So answer yes, I said it was for my granddaughter.