Like all hackers, people sometimes ask me what make or model tech product they should buy. iPhone or Android, Mac or PC, Windows, iOs Linux, etc. I tell them the brand doesn't matter, because you are probably using the device for browsing the web, reading email, listening to media, and so forth, and all those devices do those tasks in a way that is close to identical. Maybe one is faster or slower, or bigger or smaller storage, or bigger or smaller screen. But it should make little difference to you whether gmail is running on Mac or Windows or Linux.
I'm a hacker, and it makes a difference to me whether I write system software for an Apple or Windows or Linux environment. But for a user, no.
Regarding Macs being better than Chromebooks, really? Does Wikipedia or whatever cloud app run better on a Mac than on a Chromebook?