Switching from a PC to Mac - anything I should know?

I'm from Canada, planning on purchasing the absolutely shiny BlackBook, with 2gb RAM and 200gb harddrive online.
I have never used a Mac before, and was just browsing through the forum. The Mac seems to have far less problems than a PC.
I'm looking for experiences, things-to-knows regarding the MacBook in general. Especially from Windows users that have now switched. What's the transition like? Is it intuitive?
Are there any specific MacBook related problems that seem to reoccur?

go with a mac...I was kind of wary of getting one myself, I used to give my husband a hard time for wanting one but now that I have my macbook I use it way more than my pc because I have less problems with it, it takes a lot less time to boot up versus my pc as well, also on mac NO VIRUSES!!

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