[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There is still some discussion over whether law firms can efficiently accommodate both Mac and PC users.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure why.\u00a0 To my mind, that one\u2019s been solved.<\/p>\n

Back in the day (like five years ago, not the 1880s<\/a><\/span>), it was far more difficult to absorb Mac users into what were, traditionally, PC-based law firms.\u00a0 Law firms would run Parallels<\/a><\/span>, or contrive clunky information-shifting and -sharing architectures, any of which everyone hated.\u00a0 Frustration did abound.<\/p>\n

However, the ascendancy of the cloud<\/a><\/span> has essentially made hardware choice irrelevant, or eliminated some of those choices entirely<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 Cloud services are, at base, device-agnostic.\u00a0 Because those services operate via the internet, it doesn\u2019t matter what device you\u2019re using to access them<\/em>, so long as you have internet access.\u00a0 Beyond even the question of Mac versus PC, it doesn\u2019t matter that you decide to use a tablet instead, of whatever brand.\u00a0 The same goes for smartphones, since relevant cloud softwares will feature mobile applications built for iOS and Android.\u00a0 (Nobody has a Windows Phone anymore, right?)\u00a0 What that means is that your law firm could be all Mac or all PC or whatever combination thereof you want, and if you\u2019re using cloud software exclusively, everyone will be accessing the same programs, featuring the same data, in the same way.<\/p>\n

Mac versus PC, then, only remains an issue for law firms that maintain a dedication to premise-based software.\u00a0 Of course, it\u2019s easier than ever before to ditch premise-based software, as even companies that made their bones selling premise-based software are moving to create cloud versions or (less effectively) online access portals for their software.\u00a0 While there are some software types for which improved cloud options for lawyers would be helpful (I\u2019m thinking, immediately, of document assembly), at a very basic level, a law firm could adopt a cloud-based case management system<\/a><\/span>, and deposit the majority of relevant law firm data there, at a shared and easily-accessible (by approved parties) repository — via whichever hardware those parties choose to access that data.<\/p>\n

The adoption of a cloud-based technology infrastructure means that law firms can bury the Mac versus PC debate forever, and focus on more important things — like data security in a BYOD culture<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Of course, that doesn\u2019t mean that your Mac-using friends<\/a><\/span> won\u2019t still try to convert you.<\/p>\n

Liner Notes<\/em><\/p>\n

Personally, I use a PC; but, what the hell . . .<\/p>\n

\u2018Mack the Knife<\/a><\/span>\u2019 by Bobby Darin<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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