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Well since you got the Macbook Pro, I'll assume you do some professional quality media work, film, photography, or music. So if you do pro photo work then get Aperture, Apple's totally sweet photo library, raw editting and nondestructive editting app. If you do video editting get Final Cut Pro, or if it's more of a hobby get Final Cut Express. I've never used Logic or Logic Express, but it's Apple's music making app, so I can't recommend it.
What sort of work are you going to do on your Pro machine?
What sort of work are you going to do on your Pro machine?
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Install Perian and VLC for playing videos.
Install Perian and VLC for playing videos.
This thread should help you a lot.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/525495/
Congrats on your purchase.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/525495/
Congrats on your purchase.
Congratulations on your new MBP; you'll love it, a terrific and impressive machine. Give yourself time to adapt to the small but significant differences between the world of Mac and the PC world, and feel free to ask questions, which is one of the reasons this forum exists.
I'm a recent switcher, so I have some sense of where you are. For myself, Word is vital - the work universe I inhabit all use it. Thus, while the staff at the Apple store where I bought my MBP all swore by iWork (and I don't doubt that it is superb), I really needed Word, thus Office for Mac was a necessity; if you have any links to an educational establishment (as a student or teacher) quite good educational discounts apply. Good luck with the MBP. Cheers.
I'm a recent switcher, so I have some sense of where you are. For myself, Word is vital - the work universe I inhabit all use it. Thus, while the staff at the Apple store where I bought my MBP all swore by iWork (and I don't doubt that it is superb), I really needed Word, thus Office for Mac was a necessity; if you have any links to an educational establishment (as a student or teacher) quite good educational discounts apply. Good luck with the MBP. Cheers.
I love watching 1080p pr0n.
Because some people want a 15" screen, maybe they don't want a plastic computer.
Why not? Its not like only so many are being made, ever.
I have one, but the most I've done with it is put my DVD's onto my ipod. And basically surfing the web.
Actually wait, no, I did make a DVD once.
Why would anyone buy a car with more than 6 horsepower? Because.
MBP = 17" screen and backlit keyboard.
To paraphrase The Hammer: Because I can.