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  1. Bojack Horseman

    First Macintosh. Absolute essential apps?

    I bought my first Macintosh ever a few weeks ago, a 2018 MacBook Pro 13" base model. It's been great so far, and I'm seeing no reason to go back to Windows other than for games. The Apple ecosystem is too strong. With that being said, I haven't installed any third party apps or extensions to my...
  2. milovanstevan

    Non-Retina i7 4GB RAM vs i5 8GB RAM

    Hey there, I've recently decided to move to Apple products and I have a small dilemma. I was looking to buy a non-retina MacBook Pro since I do not have a lot of cash available. Most Macs I saw that fit my budget had either i7 with 4GB of RAM or i5 with 8GB of RAM. I used a laptop that had an i7...
  3. W

    Which Applications I Should Get For Macbook 2016?

    Hi All Dear Friends; I Ordered 2016 Macbook 12 İnch, guess it will come tomorrow. I didnt use Macbook before never in my life, will be first. Which applications or programs I must download for Mac? I wanted your advice. Also you can advise anything important. Thanks all, Sorry for my bad...
  4. Z

    Buy the new Macbook Pro 2016 or the old 2015?

    I do not want to replace my Windows computer, but I want a macbook to work separately, I want to code and i need a mac to make multiplatform applications working on a mac (compile, debug on a mac). I do not want to buy a new Mac in the next 5 years. But the new macs are much more expensive in...
  5. The_dewbiez

    Just got a used MacBook should I reset it?

    Hi. I just bought a used Macbook pro from eBay and it came in today. I was wondering if I should reset it. the seller gave me the user name and pass word to sign in and it seams that nothing is on the computer and the previous owner is not signed into the app store and iTunes. so should I...
  6. The_dewbiez

    Need help choosing between used 2 mac books

    ok so I know i posted this before but now i have narrowed down to 2 final options. I will mainly be using it for Xcode, other programming, daily use, and light video editing and Photoshop. I am going to upgrade to 8 gb of ram and a ssd regardless of which one I get. So which one is more worth...
  7. The_dewbiez

    I need help choosing a mac I have 3 choices

    Hi I am looking to buy a used mac book pro. I am going to use it for daily use, IOS programming and other programming, and light video editing and Photoshop. Also I am probably going to upgrade the ram to 8gb and put in a SSD to any one that I get. Here are the choices I have...