Did you make a conscious decision to steer clear of other Apple products? If so how comes? (I mean, have they annoyed you in some way/you’re not a fan of their business practices or dominance/or just don’t like their other products?)
Just curious 
Personally I love Apple products, but am increasingly falling out of love with Apple as a company - they make way too much profit out of us and sometimes just seem out of touch with users of their products.
The more reliant on them I become the more concerned I feel about them as a company as well. I think at some point there will come an end to private corporations being in control of consumer devices that are so integral to our lives (perhaps after some major breach/scandal)… but perhaps that’s a topic for another thread 
Are those like iCloud but just on someone else’s servers? Or can you run those on your home computer (or home server) and essentially that becomes the ‘cloud’ for you and your family?
You sound like what I think I would be like… if I gave myself a chance to get to that stage
I never quite get there because I’m fairly sure the experience wouldn’t be anywhere near close. Even things like airdrop - if there’s something on my phone or Mac I can quickly transfer it without even having to accept on the other device, because it knows they’re both mine. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve taken a photo and transferred it straight on to my Mac with essentially one tap.
Nice! Which MBP are you getting? Have you decided on specs? Check out the specs in @factoryd’s post here: 
While I love the look, I think (and I’m guessing @sribe also feels the same) it’s more about the feel - how you feel when using it. This was the biggest thing I noticed when I moved over from Windows. Mac OS felt different, felt right.
I reckon most people living with a Mac as their full time machine for several months would probably feel similarly - imo anyway
But at least it took only 24 hours and was for free.
