The first question most attorneys ask is, “how can I replace the programs I use on PC for a Mac. I use this, that and the other. They don’t have that for Mac.” The answer is you can’t. There are some interesting solutions/alternatives/work-arounds, but no silver bullets. I have found some programs that are better than the PC counter-parts and some programs that, in combination with others, are as good or better than the PC alternatives. Although this program list does not match to my own, there is a great article by Grant Griffiths that explores the programs used by their firm to fill the gap.

Next up, Part 2 (Virtualization)