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MBP = MacBook Pro
Most of the linux builds out there can be quite annoying in my experience. Sure, Ubuntu is nice, but I don't like using it. So yeah, I would consider OSX a plus, especially since it's frequently updated and for not much money and has a very low system footprint. Some systems may come with slower processors and less RAM, but Leopard only requires 170mb of ram for it's kernel, whereas Vista consumes something like 700-800mb.
However, in my experience, the best part of owning a mac has been the service I've gotten. I've broken (through mainly fault of my own) the optical drive, the keyboard twice, the power cord 4 times, and the power input once through dropping and I never had to pay anything to replace those things even though many weren't technically under warranty. Also, they gave me a free battery out of warranty without even asking when my mac was getting the optical drive fixed, which I believe costs over $100.
Also, when I first got it and had a failure with the computer, rather than make me wait for repairs, they just gave me a brand new computer on the spot without waiting.
So, compared to a friend of mine who had her Dell die in the middle of writing a book and then had to wait 2 weeks for a replacement in the mail because she couldn't go to a store for an exchange and ended up getting a broken replacement and had to wait another 3 weeks before actually getting a computer under warranty, I count myself pretty happy.
Plus, they look better and please me to use them. And since I use the computer so much it's important to me to have a computer I can comfortably use and look at and doesn't make my desk look like an industrial waste site.
That's just my personal opinion though. I do see the benefit of things like netbooks and cheap laptops, but after spending most of my life as a rather advanced windows user and then switching over to mac I have no desire to go back to windows just to save some money. Especially since my heavily abused mac is still going strong and fast after almost four years so I can afford to wait and save up for the MBP.
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