Purchasing/Updating Software

• Weinberg IT Software Image
• Specialized Research Software

Weinberg IT Software Image

All Windows and Mac computers purchased within Weinberg are set up by Weinberg IT with a standard software image. This speeds up the setup of new computers and enables the IT staff to re-image a computer when there are complex software problems, preserving all of the user’s data and lowering the time needed to get the computer repaired.

Weinberg College and Northwestern University maintain license agreements for faculty and staff for all software on the Weinberg IT Software Image; faculty and staff do not need to order or pay for this software.

The Weinberg IT Software Image includes the following software:

For Windows computers:

• Windows 7 Enterprise
• Symantec Endpoint Protection
• Microsoft Office 2010 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)
• EndNote
• Firefox
• iTunes
• Adobe Reader
• doPDF
• Ghostscript/GSView
• Gnuplot
• X-Win32
• PuTTY
• Pajek
• 7-Zip

For Mac computers:

• Mac OS X v10.6
• Symantec Endpoint Protection
• Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Endnote
• Firefox
• Adobe Reader
• R

The iWork and iLife software suites are available upon request.

If you intend to use Windows on your Apple computer, please see our Virtualization Software for Intel Macs page. 

Specialized Research Software

Additional specialized software at special NU pricing may be purchased by faculty/staff and installed by Weinberg IT.

• Matlab
• Stata
• SAS
• SPSS
• Mathematica

Information about other software purchases is available at NUIT's Software for Faculty and Staff page.

Different groups across Northwestern offer access to hosted research software. See the Overview of Teaching and Research Resources for more information.

If you have questions about the Weinberg IT Software Image or additional specialized software, please submit a service request to contact your Weinberg IT representative.