Reasons to get one:

- If you have hairy pets, then you may appreciate the MacBook Air's fanless design.

- Fanless == quiet

- Apple screens are some of the absolute best you can buy.

- If you have other Apple electronics (iPhone, Air Pods, Apple Watch, etc.) then it will integrate well with them.

- Excellent battery life.

- Excellent speakers and microphone array.

- Not dependent on cloud services that suffer major security beaches every year.

- Not using the same cloud services to data mine everything you do on your computer.

- Offers AppleCare as insurance to replace your stuff whenever there's a problem (vs. a standard time-limited warranty).

- Apple Script, Automator, and Shortcuts to automate what your Apple stuff does far beyond what you can do in Windows.

I don't care for much of what Apple provides, but the premium design and conveniences of a highly integrated ecosystem are worth the trouble. I would love to find something non-Windows that's better than my Macbook Air. If Google could make something like a fanless version of the 2013 Chromebook Pixel, it might just be good enough for me.

If there's one thing I'd caution against, as a user of a Macbook in the United States, it'd be the use of Touch ID / Face ID for logging in to your Apple products. Biometrics are not protected by the 4th amendment, so you can be compelled to unlock your device without a search warrant. For all of the security features Apple producs are reputed for, this is one big gap that doesn't ever really get talked about. For this reason I commend Microsoft for having a PIN option for Windows Hello authenticaiton.