I have a friend who switched from an old Windows laptop to a Macbook a few years ago. She complains about it quite a bit, and will probably switch back to Windows.
WOW, everybody's saying "Don't do it!" That's good because then I'm not the only one. I'd suggest a good ASUS laptop with, if you can get it, Windows 7 or 8, as 10 has given my family nothing but trouble.