I switched to a MacBook Pro two years ago and am very pleased with the choice, although I still have my Win 8.1 laptop because there are files and programs that don't work on my Mac. The learning curve was not really too steep. The biggest downside to a Mac is the lack of usable applications. In short, compared to Windows programs, Mac versions are pretty second rate. This is especially true with games, so if you're an avid gamer, you might want to at least hang onto your Windows (I don't have Windows 10--I refused to download it--so I can't use my word processing app but my Mac version works fine). Mac is trouble-free compared to Windows, without the annoying 'updates' and fixes Windows is so prone to. YMMV.