Thanks--all good points. My answers are yes, yes, and mostly.... I am definitely backing away from the complexity/price vortex on the pc thing. And like the turn-it-on-and-go factor of the console. Getting seduced momentarily by Steam game prices and the slightly more open platform doesn't out-weigh those, nor does my lingering pissiness over missing out on the 200 dolla PS4s pre-Black Friday, lol.
Off to look @ used macbook prices....