Q: Getting the Delete key to ack like a Backspace for Windows

If you hold the Fn key down when hitting the Delete key, it will act as you want (forward delete not backspace).

I believe that Fn down arrow is "bottom" and Fn up arrow is "Top", but I don't recall all of them.  There was a page on the Apple site that had the information back in 2007 when I first switched from PC to Mac, and I have been using my Mac so much that the keys I use the most are the ones I have memorized. 

For backspace on the macbook pro using the terminal program:

Go into terminal

from the terminal screen select preferences

in preferences select advanced

under input there is a box which states "Delete sends Control-H"

place the checkmark in this box

So now the delete key will move the cursor one character to the left and delete the character.