If you need Windows, just throw Boot Camp onto the Mac or get an ISO mounted version of Windows 8 on a USB and install that using Parallels virtualisation software. MacBooks are honestly quite awesome, own one myself. It's a difficult situation to tell your dad you don't want one but try it out anyway to see what you think of it. Trust me, OS X will grow on you very quickly. And besides, when your Dad got it in the USA, he paid very likely a lower price than what it actually costs over here so it should have been a little less expensive, still expensive but just a bit less