Should I just buy a Macbook?

Yes, definitely. You're lucky you have the cash for the Macbook, I want the exact one as you and since money is so tight for me I'm settling for the refurbished late 2009 white Macbook. It's a beautiful computer with extremely high quality. You can't go wrong with a mac aside from price. If you want the best quality computer to last and get things done fun and efficiently totally go for it. I envy you, get it, it's an amazingly high standard machine. I highly recommend it, once you go Mac you never go back...