You will
love it.
Like Apple says, it works right out of the box and there is no bloatware. As far as safety goes, I use nothing for virus protection on my Macs and I've never had any issues. If you need to run a Windows app for some reason, I suggest using VMware Fusion - you don't have to partition your drive to use Windows.
Since you're into movie editing, I highly suggest you order the MacBook with FinalCut Express on it. FinalCut is Apple's
amazing movie editing/producing application. You can have FinalCut pre-installed for $200. Here's
Apple's page on FinalCut.
- John