Criminal Defense Law With An Apple

Examining the differences between the future OS for Mac and PC.

The well known David J Bilinsky, of Thoughtful Legal Management, is documenting his travels of switching to Apple. Check out his first two posts on the subject here and here. His day three frustrations mirror my own. Good luck David. And welcome to the fold. 

I am actually a big Westlaw fan. The interface has always been a bit more Mac-like. Last week I signed up for a Lexis product and was welcomed on my first day to this message: 

We’re sorry, but the [edit] is designed for use only on the IBM-compatible PC. It may not function properly on Macintosh. For assistance or more information, please contact your account executive.”

 Really? You think you can fix that? Not really a great week for these guys anyway. Plenty of big names taking issue with the company. In any event, they seem to have turned the corner on some of the user interface issues. Look forward to signing in without using virtualization. 

Oh the Bar. How I miss thinking about you day and night for weeks on end. Well, I had to borrow a PC when I took the test. Not much has changed. From the New York Times:

For Mac users with bad handwriting, there is no keyboarding option. The exam software is designed to run on Windows systems, and the New York board included this clause in its laptop policy, warning in capital letters: “We do not support Apple products in any form including Intel-based laptops running Boot Camp — no exceptions.”

Source TUAW 

The new spokesman for Vista is the guy from Jackass? The tyranny of comedic choices is so overwhelming, I am walking away. 

The PC v. Mac debate continues in this post by the ABA that asks, What Kind of Lawyer Are You…Mac or PC? In a veiled effort to poke either camp with a stick, the ABA is hosting a comments section for folks to continue the debate that has been rekindled with their cover article.

Right-o, says Ballmer.

On the cover of this months ABA Journal is fellow Mac-blogger Ben Stevens. You can read the article on the web here. Congratulations Ben! You can also read a bit more about this on Ben’s blog here.

Cult of Mac provided this post on switching to Mac. The post says that they will be making this a regular feature.

Also this morning, TUAW posted about this newer blog OSXhelp. If you are a new-comer, this blog will likely provide some insights. The key here is the tag-line for the blog: “Insanely simple tutorials for the first time Macintosh user.”

The joys of drilling down. So here you are at my blog, and I am telling you to go visit TUAW’s blog, so that you can see Chris Pirillo’s blog (of Tech TV Fame), where he provides 50 reasons to switch to a Mac. This is actually a very balanced article. Check it out here. My favorite part, his alternate titles for the article:

C:\DIE.EXE
50 Reasons Why I Left Bill for Steve
Losing My OS Religion
Windows Broke My Heart
Obama Says It’s Time to Change to the Mac
/Volume/chris/switched
How to Switch to a Mac
The Wow Stops Now
Got Mac?
Once You Go Mac, You Never Go Back?

UPDATE: The folks at Inspired Solo are doing a whole week about switch to Mac. Cheryl wrote this great article about her experience switching.