I feel compelled to mention Spacemacs in response to some of the comments here. In terms of configuration required for reasonable productivity, Spacemacs is mac

I feel compelled to mention Spacemacs in response to some of the comments here. In terms of configuration required for reasonable productivity, Spacemacs is macOS, and a plain Emacs install is Arch Linux. Spacemacs gives you sensible configuration and packages out of the box, whereas the Emacs tutorials I'd begun to read kept repeating, "These are the functions you'll want to use, but only you can decide what to bind them to". That made me lose interest really quick--I'd prefer to have a 95% solution and then adjust it, not reinvent a sensible configuration from nothing. Spacemacs gives you exactly that. If what I'm describing was a barrier for you in adopting Emacs, I'd encourage you to check it out.