Ever see a fight developing in which you already knew who the winner would be? I am in just such a position right now. The "fight" I’m referring to is actually an online discussion/debate about the relative benefits and shortcomings of PCs and Macs as hardware platforms for solo practitioners.
- In the PC corner is Ben Cowgill, an attorney in Lexington, KY and publisher of SoloBlawg.com. Ben has been a PC user for over 20 years, and he believes that "the PC World continues to offer many more options and solutions than the Mac World."
- In the Mac corner is Grant Griffiths, an attorney in Clay Center, KS and publisher of the Home Office Lawyer blog. The motto of Grant’s blog is "A Mac, A Blog, A Home Office… What more does a lawyer need?"
I’m reminded of Sean Connery’s quote from The Untouchables about "bringing a knife to a gun fight…" Anyway, the first salvos have been fired by each of the combatants. You can read Ben’s here and Grant’s here. Grant claims that by the time this is over, Ben will buy a Mac for his own law office. For the record, my money is firmly on the Mac guy in this one — no big surprise! With apologies to Michael Buffer, "Let’s get ready to rumble!" This should be fun to watch.
