Having been a PC-guy for a long time, I know that PC-people love to compare specs. They download spec sheets and pour over them, compare, analyze etc. They love to get that extra 50Mhz WITH 128Mb more RAM for peanuts and bathe in the joy of an awesome deal for a long time.
Maybe I outgrew that, maybe it was purely my switch to Mac that made me think different (huh huh ... yes, pun!). The main thing that can be said is that "it just works". Even if you don't know crap about computers, your mac will just work. Unless you have the misfortune of hardware malfunction, but that can happen anywhere. I mean mostly the OS, it's slick, no matter what machine you use it on. iPhone, MacBook etc. Even an 800Mhz iBook (that's the predecessor of the MacBook, by the way) can still run silky smooth with today's apps. iMovie will take a little longer, hehe
Anyhow, here's my daily dose of "I'm a mac".
I don't own an iPad, probably won't get one either.