You can be up and running in Emacs in a few minutes, if you grab AquaEmacs. It uses the Mac keybindings. Cmd-w, Cmd-s,Cmd-o, Cmd-c,Cmd-x,Cmd-v, etc. Just like any Mac program, navigate the menus to see what features and keybindings are available, when you get the urge.

http://aquamacs.org/

I imagine on Windows you can find one with equivalent key-bindings.

As you get the urge to learn more, start reading blogs, etc.

Here's a good place to start:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/60367/the-single-most-use...