Apple MacBook Notebook Review

I've always been a mac user but have at times been frustrated by lack of functionality online where some websites weren't mac compatible. That's ended now with Firefox for mac and the operating and bus speed of the intel core duo and intel core 2 duo machines. My girlfriend, who is a road warrior and has a top of the line Dell laptop spends at least ten times the amount of time keeping her machine up to date and running than I do on keeping my macbook up to date. Seems like there's always some glitch popping up in Windows XP or Microsoft office. I've had one problem with my macbook where the battery wasn't charging. Apple tech support helped me verify that the problem was in the hardware and that the unit needed to be returned to Apple since I lived in the hinterlands of Montana and no service center was close by. They sent me the shipping container with clear instructions on packing up my machine had Fed-Ex pick it up and I had it back in four days. Haven't had a problem since and that was six months ago. I've had no problems with compatibility with any website using Firefox but just in case I did purchase Parallels desktop and a copy of Windows XP so I can run Windows on my MacBook. I haven't needed it but have played around with it on my machine. Windows on my MacBook operates the same as on my girl friend's Dell - slow and clunky compared to Mac OS X.