Which Applications I Should Get For Macbook 2016?

[coolbreeze]

Two things in play here.

First is someone saying that the trackpad is glitchy in Windows on a RMB. I do not find that to be the case.

You're a much more tolerant man than I. Bless you.

 

[JD2015]

Dropbox
Office for Mac
Omnigraffle
PDF expert
Affinity designer
Kindle
PDF squeeze
Imovie

 

[boltjames]

You're a much more tolerant man than I. Bless you.

No, more like I have been a Windows power user since 1995 and after 20 years I have no interest in learning another operating system. If there was something so revolutionary about MacOS I'd feel compelled to give it a try, but there's nothing there.

So, for me, it's not tolerance; it's intolerance for a new operating system that offers me nothing of value.

BJ

 

[madgibbon]

The must-have Macbook app is Windows 10.

No joke, my 12" RMB has run Windows 10 since Day 1, it's been over a year with no issues, I'm a Windows guy, I have all the necessary and expensive Windows apps like Office, I have no use for Mac OS and don't want to run it, never have. My Macbook boots to Windows, I wind up with the great thin/light Apple hardware and all the Microsoft software I'm comfortable with.

My advice to you is to install Windows 10 as your first app and avoid Mac OS entirely.

BJ

I fail to understand why someone would spend all the money on a Macbook, and then run only Windows. There are plenty of cheaper Windows laptops with similar quality to the Macbook.

 

[boltjames]

I fail to understand why someone would spend all the money on a Macbook, and then run only Windows. There are plenty of cheaper Windows laptops with similar quality to the Macbook.

At the time I bought it, Sony had just gone out of the notebook business and I only used their thin/light VAIO laptops for business travel. The Retina MacBook was the very best option for a superior replacement at the time, still is from my perspective. I'm not interested in any 2 in 1's or convertibles either. "Cheap" isn't a word in my vocabulary. I carry the RMB and an iPad Air II when I travel, gives me 18 hours of battery life and two separate best-in-class devices.

The operating system costs nothing. The hardware is what drives the premium price. Windows 10 is a far cry from Windows 95. It's superior to MacOS in my opinion, and I'm very comfortable using it. As it has 93% market share, I think I stuck with the right platform.

BJ