yeah, i hate to sound like one of those cliche mac people, but dammit, THEY ARE THE BEST.
I bought an imac in 2004 and it ran perfectly up until a few months ago where it the hardware just started to wear down (it started just randomly shutting off). I probably could have got it fixed but was anxious to get a new one.

So consider that i had a computer, downloaded shit CONSTANTLY on it, music, movies, porn etc... never once had a virus, never had anything go wrong. For 6 years I never did any maintenance (aside from buying more ram) on it at all and it ran as smooth as the day i got it up until the last month or so. As soon as you open a webpage on PC's, they start dying a fast death.

That's the key right there, they last forever and rarely have technical issues.

and yes, works great for running editing programs of all sorts. and once you get used to the interface, you realize it's way simpler and user friendly.