“Legal practice management software company Clio has just released the latest results of a survey it calls ‘Apple In Law Offices,’ detailing the use of Apple devices in law firms across North America,” Luke Dormehl reports for Cult of Mac.
“The 2013 survey marked a considerable increase in Apple adoption — with a 10% leap in both office Mac OS usage (from 56% in 2012 to 66% last year), and iPad usage (from 57% to 67%), while iPhone usage spiked 12% to 74% (while Android and Blackberry both saw decreases in law firm usage compared to global adoption rates),” Dormehl reports. “52% of respondents stated that they chose Apple products because the technology was more reliable and secure, while the benefit of usability followed next at 28%.
Read more at http://www.cultofmac.com/268116/apple-products-dominating-legal-profession-report/#skXzmi6yLFzptree.99”
Read more in the full article here.
Microsoft and its PC building partners are getting squeezed here, what is surprising is that this is a word and excel domination, now apple is pushing in, very embarrassing for Microsoft
“…while iPhone usage spiked 12% to 74%.”
Wow! I guess the Blackberry-using lawyer stereotype was true.
It’s about damn time other lawyers start using Macs!
I went Mac in 2001 and have never looked back. Even for that silly software that is win only, I use Parallels. What year did you start? 🙂
I always say… you hear of PC users going to Mac. You NEVER hear Apple users going to PC.
My patent attorney moved to Mac after I did my initial presentation to him and the artist he hires couldn’t get the legal office printer to print. I imported the documents into my MacBook and wirelessly printed it over WiFi without problems.
We use all Apple products over here at the firm. They are the best, most reliable tools an attorney can ask for!
I’d bet Apple products are still 100% banned at Quinn Emanuel!
Attorneys working for Samsung are advised NOT to apply the latest upgrade to iOS and Mac OS X. Please continue to use Windows and Android.
But of coarse
It’s a rough world out there. ;D
Apple’s MBAirs happen to be the most reliable running Windows, too!
Pick either native or emulation.
While I have enjoyed using Apple products for over 20 years, I have 2 lawyers in the family who swear by windows and androids. From what I can see they have become near software engineers to keep things moving. As a former engineer, I found it better to focus on solving problems rather than debugging programs and hardware incompatibilities.
In 1985 I took a MacPlus into my office for full-time use, and pioneered connecting it to a central computer the office had installed earlier with dumb terminals everywhere. It worked like a charm. I used later editions there as well for as long as I was with that firm, and with later firms and solo work as a city attorney later. Now that I’m retired, I’m using the latest Mac mini souped up with fastest CPU, most graphic, most SSD memory. Works like a charm.