<p>I switched the summer before I started college and didn’t have a problem switching. The learning curve is very easy. I like my Mac a lot and was also one of those guys who tweaked everything on his PC and made it run exactly the way I wanted it to. I have very very few complaints about my Mac and will probably buy another when I graduate even though I’m not a Moleskine-toting, thick-rim-rocking, tight-jeans-wearing hipster. I’m actually wearing a tie right now, and not a skinny one.</p>
<p>I’ve never had trouble finding an app that does what a PC app does. Certainly for someone who’s not a power-user, you will not have a problem. Even for the one or two apps I need occasionally that run only on PC (they’re both related to hacking my phone), Boot Camp makes it easy to run Windows for whatever I need.</p>
<p>I would challenge the PC users to give me an app that you think Mac doesn’t have and is necessary to a college student.</p>
<p>That said though, Windows 7 is impressive so you may consider getting Windows 7 on a nice PC. I’ll at least think about it before I get a MacBook Pro.</p>