A month or so ago I received a 2011 15" MacBook Pro (2,2ghz i7, hi-res screen) from work, I must admit that I've always been rather skeptical towards Apple products.
But I am glad to report that Apple has somewhat won me over with their MacBook lineup, I still think they are a bit pricey but at least now I consider them to have competitive hardware and as far as I can tell, very good build quality. You can tell that a lot of thought goes into an Apple product, as all the little, perhaps even trivial features are worked out in a very detailed manner. I believe the marketing department deserves part of the credit for that, as an economist (mainly focusing on marketing) I can't deny the fact that Apple is a great company.
It has been a joy to use the MacBook in the last month, I get up to 7 hours (as advertised) when just browsing and doing word processing and about 3,5 - 4 hours when running CPU intensive programs like Photoshop, Dreamweaver, AutoCAD and Matlab. I like the MAC OS X interface, even the launchpad and especially the trackpad gestures. The keyboard is also surprisingly satisfying to use. The built in VPN support is also pleasant, as I do not need any third party software like Cisco AnyConnect on Windows.
Of course I do have some criticism, I've had trouble with the Wi-Fi connectivity on a handful of occasions and I still need some time adjusting to the finder.
Now that I have declared my love for an Apple product I feel the need to compensate this: I don't think I could ever get used to an iMac. The OS itself does appear to be more suitable for portable devices than for desktops in my mind, overall I feel like I would be more productive on a desktop running Windows. As far as laptops go, it'll be hard to get me back to a Windows based laptop.