Tokyo U is going Mac

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Asahi.com is reporting that Tokyo University will be moving many of their Linux PCs to Macs next year.

Approximately 1,150 PCs will be switched to iMacs and most of the servers will also be supplied by Apple. Both the ease of installing software as well as ease of maintainence were cited as reasons for the switch.

In Japanese:
http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0925/004.html

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Sherlock Translation as provided by SYSTRAN:

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".

(09/25 05:57)