Law Technology

Daniel Coolidge is an intellectual property attorney in Unity, New Hampshire, and he is a recent convert from PC to Mac.  What might make his conversion more meaningful to you is the fact that he also has a degree in computer engineering.  Dan recently published "One Lawyer?s Journey from the Dark Side: Leaving Microsoft and Learning to Love the Mac" in the September 2008 ABA Technology eReport.

His article explains the reasons for his "conversion," many of which are the same as other attorneys who have made the switch.  Dan said, "I type my own documents, and I used to live with an almost constant subliminal rage.  I referred to it as the wheel-spinning ratio: the ratio of time trying to fix something on the computer over productive time."  He said that Vista was the straw that broke the camel's back and made him realize that "there had to be a better way."

He summarized his conversion experience as follows:  "And what was most delightful to me was, the longer I used the Mac, the lower became my background level of rage. The Mac just worked. The wheel-spinning ratio dropped nearly to zero. For the first time in years, the computer had become a delightful tool, aesthetically pleasing and regularly useful."

Well said, Dan, and welcome to the fold.  I hope that you'll share more of your Mac experiences with us in the future.