IBM launches pilot test transplant program for Macs
For years, IBM has installed Microsoft software on its laptops. But more recently, IBM initiated a pilot project to “transfer” a number of personnel to the Apple Mac platform.
The documents provided by Roughly Drafted underline the growing interest among corporate consumers, which makes IBM (among other software companies) reduce its dependence on Windows.
The first phase of the pilot program, as stated in the documents, should continue from October 2007 to January 2008, in which 24 MacBook Pros will be issued to some of the company's employees in the Research Department.
The documents also indicate that IBM has found some serious reasons for replacing current Windows-based ThinkPads with Apple products (of course, we are talking about internal laptops used by IBM employees).
As they say at IBM, Macs are more reliable in terms of security, and are also used in academia, with which IBM has pretty close ties. And IBM says that scientists feel more comfortable with Macs and want to use them instead of today's ThinkPad.
During the pilot program, participants were allowed to use their ThinkPad laptops, but were asked to use them only when absolutely necessary. After a four-month test, the following were interviewed:
The documents provided by Roughly Drafted underline the growing interest among corporate consumers, which makes IBM (among other software companies) reduce its dependence on Windows.
The first phase of the pilot program, as stated in the documents, should continue from October 2007 to January 2008, in which 24 MacBook Pros will be issued to some of the company's employees in the Research Department.
The documents also indicate that IBM has found some serious reasons for replacing current Windows-based ThinkPads with Apple products (of course, we are talking about internal laptops used by IBM employees).
As they say at IBM, Macs are more reliable in terms of security, and are also used in academia, with which IBM has pretty close ties. And IBM says that scientists feel more comfortable with Macs and want to use them instead of today's ThinkPad.
During the pilot program, participants were allowed to use their ThinkPad laptops, but were asked to use them only when absolutely necessary. After a four-month test, the following were interviewed:
- 14 researchers
8 programmers (software engineer)
director
HR Director (thanks for the translation, mikez)
Poll results.
22 out of 24 participants submitted questionnaires in which 18 people said that Mac provides “better or better experience” compared to the current computer, one (1) stated “equal or good”, three (3) - “worse experience”. Among the respondents, seven did not have or had little experience working with Macs, and fifteen people had good experience working with Macs.
Despite some problems with the migration to the new platform, the majority of respondents expressed a desire to stay with a MacBook Pro laptop and use VMWare Fusion to run Windows.
Following the successful pilot migration, IBM plans to continue the second phase, in which 50 employees will be recruited during the first half of 2008. After receiving the results, IBM plans to increase the number of participants to 100 - 150 in the second half of the year.
via appleinsider.com
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/23693/
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