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IBM moves to Macs

Aug 11, 2015 4:21PM PDT
https://redmondmag.com/blogs/the-schwartz-report/2015/08/ibm-to-swap-pcs-with-macs.aspx

IBM's partnership with Apple has taken a new twist as Big Blue plans to deploy up to 200,000 Macs. That could equate to more than half of IBM's workforce.

In an internal corporate video published by MacRumors, IBM CIO Jeff Smith revealed the company's plans to roll out up to 50,000 Macbooks to employees to replace their existing Lenovo Thinkpads. Of course it was IBM who developed the Thinkpad before selling its PC business to Lenovo over a decade ago. Nevertheless, Thinkpads remained the client device of choice at IBM. In a separate video clip, Smith recalled a conversation in which IBM Vice President Fletcher Previn told Apple CEO Tim Cook that one day 50 to 75 percent of IBM employees could have Macs.

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