Several MacNN readers note an [Japanese link], Asahi Shinbun that reports on Tokyo University's plan to replace 1150 Windows-based PCs with iMacs in March of 2004. (Other details are not yet available.)
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Very good news for Mac user in Asia.
Tokyo University (The University of Tokyo) is considered as the highest graded university in Japan.
It's very interesting that school like this has made such decision. I hope this helps other IT departments to consider Mac as realistic alternative :)
According to the news, their system consists of 1149 iMacs, and 4 Xserves.
It's also interesting that their system integrator for this is NEC related company, not Apple.
--from Japan
"約１１５０台がマックになり"
O.K. I don't understand it. But anyone can figure ou that this has something to do with 1150 iMacs.
This is the full text of the article as spat out by Sherlock Translation. The grammar artifacts are inevitable; the translation engine isn't that robust, but it's more than enough to understand it fully:
It changes to Tokyo University sharing PC and Mac, from March of next year
The University of Tokyo, with the shared personal computer which all the student approximately 30000 people and the school personnel of the graduate school and department use inside the university, desktop type "iMac of the apple computer (eye Mac)" introduces from March of next year. The present shared machine, being gratuitous, the basic software which is open (OS) is the simple personal computer which designates "Linux" as the base, but the fact that update period of 5 years is entered making the most of it changes to Mac. Presently you can use also OS most major Microsoft Windows in principle, but after the March of the next year, Microsoft Windows becomes unable to use at large portion of the shared personal computer excluding the high functional personal computer of part.
Tokyo University, Komaba 1st and puts in place the shared personal computer approximately 1400 units, on the campus of 3 places of Hongo and Kashiwa the information interchange network system (LAN) with ties.
The NEC affiliated company on the 24th, bids successfully with general competitive bidding of shared personal computer system payment, approximately 1150 units become Mac, the server of the basic computer which controls the system large portion becomes the apple make.
As for the remaining approximately 200 units, it becomes the personal computer which can use also the high functional personal computer and Microsoft Windows data processing 3 dimensions and the like.
As for the students with the ID password, you can use the shared personal computer freely. At the Komaba 1st campus, using the shared personal computer, 1st grade everyone (approximately 3500 people) it does the class of the required course "information processing" which used the computer with the information education ridge. It is used in report creation and mail perusal other than teaching.
At Tokyo University "there is an advantage introduction of the various software of being easy to do in comparison with Microsoft Windows, trouble occurring, being easy to correct by your,", that it has explained concerning the reason which introduces Mac.
The Japanese corporate body of the apple computer advanced the market development for the education system which has the result in the United States, but "incoming order of the scale which exceeds personal computer 1000 has done for the first time".
Can we imagine these iMacs net-booting ? Is this net-boot feature available for Wintel PC's ? I have no idea.
Just the idea of using virus-free computer should be a pretty good incentive too I guess.
TFTP is really an old protocol.
You can net install PC with XPFE enabled cards.
head hurts from reading bad translation...
"It shares that with much ties NEC affiliate will have won bid in principle for eye Mac units almost 1150. The fact that update period of 5 years is passed the desktop type Linux will remain the 200 units for shared usage. Students with the I.D. will have access to the computers with freely."
They're switching from Linux to Mac not from Windows.
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