ITG Computer Standards

Our computer standard represents what a majority of our users have installed on their workstations at IAS. We upgrade Member machines as one group so that all Members have equivalent systems.

Hardware

Standard

  • Machine Type: HP Compaq Small Form Factor, Mini or All-in-One
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 or i7
  • Memory: 16GB of RAM
  • Storage Space: 500GB+ Hard Drive
  • Operating System: Windows 10 or Windows 11

Members

  • Machine Type: 27" HP EliteOne 1000 G2 All-in-One Desktop
  • Processor: Intel i7
  • Memory: 16GB of RAM
  • Storage Space: 500GB+ Hard Drive
  • Operating System: Windows 10 or Windows 11

Standard

  • Machine Type: Mac Mini or iMac
  • Processor: Intel Core i5, i7 or Apple Silicon
  • Memory: 16GB of RAM
  • Storage Space: 500GB+ Hard Drive
  • Operating System: Latest macOS

Members

  • Machine Type: Mac Mini
  • Processor: Apple Silicon
  • Memory: 16GB of RAM
  • Storage Space: 500GB+ Hard Drive
  • Operating System: Latest macOS

Standard

  • 24" - 27" Widescreen monitor

Members

  • 24" - 27" Widescreen monitor

All requests for new equipment should be made through your school's Administrative Officer or your department's supervisor. Administrative Officers and Supervisors wishing to place orders for new equipment should contact the IT Manager.

Software

ITG is currently installing the following set of software on IAS office desktops supplied by our group. Upgrades are available to those who are running outdated versions on older IAS office machines. IAS office desktops are machines supplied and maintained by ITG.

Standard software installed on new and re-imaged PCs:

  • 7-Zip
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Classical Text Editor 10.x (personal license purchase by user is required)
  • Dropbox
  • FileZilla Client
  • Google Chrome
  • iTunes
  • Microsoft Defender
  • Microsoft Office 2021
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Mozilla Thunderbird
  • Skype
  • Zoom
  • Zotero

Installed on request for ITG supported IAS office desktops on our network

  • Maple (concurrent campus network licenses)
  • Mathematica (concurrent campus network licenses)
  • Matlab (concurrent campus network licenses)
  • EndNote (limited number of ITG licenses)
  • ArcGIS (concurrent ITG network licenses)
  • GreekKeys2008 (Departmental licenses)
  • Atlas.ti (concurrent ITG network licenses)
  • Stata MP (concurrent ITG network licenses)
  • FileMaker Pro (limited number of ITG licenses)

Standard software installed on new and re-imaged Macs:

  • Acrobat Acrobat Pro
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Dropbox
  • Filezilla
  • Firefox
  • Google Chrome
  • iMovie
  • Keynote
  • Lyx
  • MacTeX
  • Microsoft Defender
  • Microsoft Office 2021
  • Microsoft Remote Desktop
  • Numbers
  • Pages
  • Skype
  • VLC
  • Zoom
  • Zotero

Applications available via Self Service:

  • Citrix Receiver
  • EverNote
  • GarageBand
  • Google Drive
  • Microsoft Teams

Installed on request for ITG supported IAS office desktops on our network:

  • Maple (concurrent campus network licenses)
  • Mathematica (concurrent campus network licenses)
  • Matlab (concurrent campus network licenses)
  • EndNote (limited number of ITG licenses)
  • FileMaker Pro (limited number of ITG licenses)

The Linux workstation machines in ITG computing are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Compilers

  • gcc -
    the GNU compiler collection
  • g++
  • Perl
  • Python

Web Browsers

  • Mozilla Firefox

E-mail

  • Mozilla Thunderbird
  • Evolution

Drawing

  • xfig - interactive figure generation tool

Editors

  • emacs
  • vi
  • Latex

OpenOffice

Mathematical

  • Maple
  • Mathematica
  • Matlab

Viewers

  • acroread - view pdf documents
  • gv - view postscript documents
  • xdvi - view dvi files

Additional software packages and licenses must be ordered on an individual basis. All requests for new software or upgrades should be made through your school's Administrative Officer or your department's supervisor. Administrative Officers and Supervisors wishing to make software requests should contact the IT Manager.