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February 27, 2008

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City Inn promises a Mac in every room

Posted Feb. 27, ’08, 12:00 PM PT by Aayush Arya
Category | Apple » News

City Inn iMacThe next time you visit London or Manchester, you might want to stay at the City Inn hotel. Macworld UK reports that all the rooms in these hotels are equipped with a 20-inch iMac that serves as the entertainment center. It plays television, radio, and DVDs, which are freely available from a well-stocked catalogue at the guest services desk.

Not only that, these iMacs are all Internet-enabled, which means that you can always get online and have a video conference with iChat or look up flight schedules. And for those times when you just have to get that spreadsheet done, you can use the included Office suite as well.

The iMacs are all pre-configured with Faronic’s Deep Freeze software, an application that wipes the slate clean every time the machine is restarted, so no one needs to know that you’ve been listening to Paris Hilton.

The managing director of the hotel chain, Huw O’Connor said, “With this solution we have taken an outstanding piece of kit from one of the world’s foremost technology providers to give customers what they should rightfully expect; an in-room entertainment/multimedia capability that is equal to that which they will have in their home or in their office.”

Now, if only they gave away free iPhones to every visitor, we would have a winner. But let’s not get too greedy, shall we?


3 Comments

Philippe said:

Looks like ACU is giving free iPhones and iPod Touches to all students, so your prediction isn't that far off...
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/02/27/apple_holds_big_plans_for_iphone_university_on_college_campuses.html

Then again you still have to pay for tuition.

February 27, 2008 2:06 PM
Chris said:

On my vacation, I had just seen a folder from a supercool hotel here in Koh Samui, Thailand called the Library, were every room was equipped with internet connected iMacs. Check it out at http://www.designhotels.com/thelibrary.

Chris

February 28, 2008 2:56 AM
Paul H. said:

Some German Hotels already have rooms equipped with iMac's.

Have a look here for example:

"State-of-the-Art Media Equipment
We offer state-of-the-art communication technology. Our guests will find internet access/WLAN, flatscreen TV with a Multimedia-PC (Mac/Win) and VoIP-phones in all accommodation units."

http://www.hotel-nymphe.de/eng/conception/

March 23, 2008 9:15 AM

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