Yeah my last laptop was a MacBook only 2 years old brand new and yeah most of the time it did just work but when all your doing is the web and office that's not a massive statement to make. Mine had some problem with the graphics it wouldn't run iTunes visualizer etc and was in the store about 3 times to get looked at and they said "I was asking too much of it". There words not mine but I didn't think that was a lot. Ended up selling it to my dad.
After all he did for you
Give me a vortex III over any macbook any day