Criminal Defense Law With An Apple

I am still having fun with the new OS and seeing if I can make Bento do my bidding. In the meantime, enjoy the videos.

The new parody. A whole bunch of these spoofs can be found here.

The old parody

The music video parody

The Democratic parody

Mark Bennett dropped me a line today, welcoming me to the the land of blogs and positing in the comments, “There are several other Mac-using criminal defense lawyers out there. I think it’s because criminal defense, done properly, is a creative endeavor.”

I agree with Mark and it is incredibly apropos statement. When I first moved into my new office, I mentioned to the IT person I would not need much help setting up or maintaining my computer, “I use a Mac.”
He cocked his head and said, “You are an attorney.”
“Yes?” I replied.
“I thought Mac’s were for creative-artsy-types.”
I didn’t have much of a response. “I guess so…lawyers like them also.”

Really, criminal defense is a creative endeavor. And frankly, I am a very creative criminal defense lawyer (not really “artsy” per se). I don’t know if it is the exact reason I chose a Mac. But it is pretty cool not to need any help from the IT guy.

I think enough ink has been spilt on the advantages of Mac over a PC. I am not here to make this blog about why one OS is better than another. Each has it’s own advantages and, frankly, PC has some truly incredible software that integrates many different programs under one software solution.

I use Apple computers as a criminal defense attorney because I like them. There is no smug superiority or holier-than-though rationale. I had a friend who used a Mac and I liked it better than the PC I had. Every computer comes with its own set of problems.