On December 22, the MacEwan campus computer labs will be upgraded to Windows 11. This transition, along with scheduled software updates, listed below, will provide a secure and consistent experience across shared lab computers and personal devices, as most faculty and staff systems have already moved to Windows 11.

Affected spaces:

5-104

5-121

5-122

5-202

5-248

5-264

5-266

6-241

6-345

Exam Centre (7-198)

John L. Haar Library

11-437

11-531

11-532

11-570

Updated software:

App Name

Windows 10 Version

Windows 11 Version

Acrobat Reader

23.003.202284

25.001.20756

Anaconda3

2024.02-1

2025.06-0

Arduino

1.8.5

7.0.4

FreeCAD

0.20.1

1.0.1

GIMP

2.10.32-1

3.0.4

Jamovi

2.3.26.0

2.6.26.0

Maple

2024

2025

Matlab

R2023a

R2023b

MS PowerBI

2.138.1203.0

2.112.603.0

MS SQL Server

2019

2022

MySQL Connector

2024

2025

PHREEQC

3.6.2-15100

3.8.6-17100

PSPP

1.2.0

2.0.0-g5b54d1

Putty

0.73

0.83

R for Windows

4.2.1

4.5.1

Read&Write

12.0.60

12.0.64

Sage

2023, 2024

2023, 2024, 2025

Vim

8.2

9.1

Questions or concerns regarding the upgrade to Windows 11 can be directed to Tasha Parent at tasha.parent@macewan.ca.

Questions or concerns regarding software compatibility with your course material or research needs can be directed to Lachell Baron at lachell.baron@macewan.ca.

Thank you for your cooperation as we work to keep our technology current and reliable.

 


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