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Categories

Current

:Recent, stable systems.

• Supports most software used for Chemistry applications and instrumentation.
• Full Manufacturer, Vendor, and Campus support available.
• Functional and security patches available.

New / Upcoming

:Newer release, may be required for some new hardware.

• Full manufacturer support
• Full vendor, campus, and ChemIT support usually takes a few months to develop, as bugs get fixed, software is modified for compatibility, university systems are adapted for operation and installations are developed and tested.

Deprecating

:Older, but mostly functional.

• Manufacture can campus support may be phasing out or ended.
• ChemIT expertise may be limited.
• Should be upgraded whenever possible.
• May have security and functional issues.

Obsolete

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• Manufacturer, vendor, and campus support ended.
• Might not run on new hardware
• Use only where required on older equipment.
• No functional or security patches available
• Should not be connected to the Internet.

Today's Operating Systems

Windows

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Current: Windows 7

New / Upcoming:

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Obsolete: Windows 3, 95, 98, 2000, NT

Apple

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Current: OSX 10.8 – released in 2012. Very good, stable.

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Obsolete: OSX 10.5 and older

Linux

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Linux versions and updates vary tremendously. ChemIT tries to support one or two primary branches and related tools for new work, and update others when possible.

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