If you're looking cases I like to use Aliexpress (same company as Alibaba)(Also having their IPO in 2 days). They have really good prices and design. I bought mine off there.
I also have a skin over my MacBook Pro to protects it from nicks and scratches. Got mine from UniqFind.
It's a white...
iPhone 6 + you'll need to get use too. I don't recommend guys get it as why would you want to put something so bulky in your pocket. For girls it's much more practical as we can store it in our purse...
I wanted to bring up a point about playing games on Mac
I play DOTA and noticed I runs way faster and smoother on Windows [Bootcamp]
If your playing video games that requires a lot of processing consider getting Bootcamp ;)
I've been a windows user all my life until I bought my MacBook Pro 4 years ago. Will probably never switch back. PS I have not used the new windows 8 so not sure how well it performs...
I don't think there is any other reasons besides portability. Your paying a premium for portability, if you don't need it portable don't get a MacBook period.
In my opinion they are very similar! However I always recommend to my friends to use Word as it is universal. In most offices I've worked at Word is already installed so familiarizing yourself with Word is recommended.
I currently use Boot Camp and I would say I am a novice Mac user. Very easy to set up and it runs smoothly. I just had to configure some hardware but that was easy.