I bought mine (15" pro) because I wanted - A high resolution display - Decent battery life - A good keyboard - A Unix based OS (Though I'm fine with Linux) - H

I bought mine (15" pro) because I wanted - A high resolution display - Decent battery life - A good keyboard - A Unix based OS (Though I'm fine with Linux) - Hardware that feels good to use The MacBooks are easy to compare to pick the one you want, all look good, and you're pretty well guaranteed that you're going to get what you expect, even if it costs a little more. On the other hand, to pick another manufacturer, you have to dig a lot to even start finding what the options are, much less to refine them. I paid $X more to get a macbook and not go through that :P