My friend Ben Stevens over at the MacLawyer blog participated in a recent debate for the American Bar Association Journal about Macs vs. PC’s. Of course Ben won the contest. As Ben explained, “Of course, I had a much easier position to argue since the facts were so strongly on my side.”
The whole debate reminds me of a recurring experience I’m having with my Mac as of late. Everytime I pull it out at the courthouse or in deposition, I become the subject of curiosity and questions. It seems a lot of people in the legal profession are curious about switching. I attended a day long seminar recently in Los Angeles about a PC-only application that I use often in my practice (CaseMap). I run it in Parallels with no problems. I think I sold about 10 Macs that day. The funniest thing was the speaker hunted me down afterward and told me how funny it was for him giving the presentation and looking up at about 100 Dell logos with one shining Apple in the middle. Then he told me he wants to switch too.
Today my MacBook Pro turned one. Happy Birthday Mac! The MacBook Pro was the perfect choice for me with a combination of power and portability. Sure I may like the power of a Mac Pro (did anyone see Don McAllister’s numbers on his eight core machine?) or the portability of a MacBook Air, but for my needs, this machine has been perfect. For a present, I think I will upgrade its hard drive.
On January 24, 1984, Apple unleashed the Macintosh on a hungry public looking for a computer that worked with them instead of against them. At the time I was in High School slugging away at my Atari 400 computer. Man did I want a Mac bad but there was no way my parents could have afforded the little box that said “hello.”
Well here we are 24 years later and the Mac is still making work and fun a lot easier.
Happy Birthday Mac!
Apple has this funny habit of adding useful features and not publishing it or telling anyone about it. Here is one that may not be all that useful but definitely fun.
option + shift + k
Go ahead. Try it. Did it make you smile?
“Never ask a man what kind of computer he drives. If it’s a Mac,
he’ll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?” - Tom Clancy
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