All-in-One Windows PCs and Mac computers are set up for use in the Learning Commons. There are 124 Windows PCs and 9 Mac computers on level 1 (CPD-1); 70 Windows PCs and 5 Mac computers on level 2 (CPD-2). They are network connected with the commonly used software installed.
Windows PCs in the Learning Commons
Hardware configuration:
| Lenovo P360 Tower Workstation | |
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Software configuration:
| Operating system: English Windows 11 | |
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| Software installed | Functions |
| 7-Zip file Manager (version 26, 64-bit) | for file compression and decompression |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader DC | for reading PDF (portable document format) files |
| Adobe After Effects 2026 | for motion designers, graphic designers, and video editors to create sophisticated visuals for film, TV, social media, the web, and more. |
| Adobe Animate 2024 | a Professional 2D animation and multimedia authoring software. |
| Adobe Audition 2026 | a comprehensive toolset that includes multitrack, waveform and spectral display for creating, mixing, editing and restoring audio content. |
| Adobe Character Animator 2026 | an application that enables real-time, motion-capture 2D animation using your own artwork, webcam, and microphone. |
| Adobe Dreamweaver 2021 | for web page authoring |
| Adobe inCopy 2026 | for copywriters, editors, and content creators to write, edit, and style text |
| Adobe InDesign 2026 | a major update to the industry-standard page layout and desktop publishing software. |
| Adobe Media Encoder 2026 | Adobe’s standalone video rendering and transcoding application. |
| Adobe Photoshop 2026 | AI-powered photo editing software designed for consumers. |
| Adobe Premiere 2026 | Adobe’s video editing software. |
| Adobe Premiere Rush 2026 | all-in-one, cross-device video editing application designed for quick, on-the-go content creation. |
| Apabi Reader 4.5 | a electronic document reader. It is designed primarily to read, download , and manage digital books and documents. |
| ArcGIS Pro | for 2D and 3D data visualization, analysis, and management. |
| Autodesk 123D CATCH | a cloud-based software application designed to create 3D models from a series of ordinary 2D photographs. |
| IBM SPSS 30, Base, Regression, Advanced Statistics, Custom Tables, Forecasting, Categories, Decision Trees, Data Preparation, Missing Values, Direct Marketing, Complex Samples, Conjoint, Neural Networks, Bootstrapping, Exact Tests, Visualization Designer, Sample Power and AMOS | a statistical package |
| Irfan View | a simple Windows tool for creating photo slideshows and screensavers |
| Jamovi | a statistical analysis software used for teaching and data analysis |
| Lightroom | a photo editing and management service for desktop, mobile, and web |
| Code::Blocks | an integrated development environment for C, C++ and Fortran |
| Camtasia 2022 (version 22.0.2.38524) |
screen recording and video editing software |
| Endnote 2025 | a software tool for publishing and managing bibliographies |
| Core FTP LE | a program for transferring files between a host and your PC |
| Google Chrome | a web browser |
| Haskell Platform (version 8.6.5) |
a collection of software packages, tools and libraries that create a common platform for using and developing applications in Haskell |
| HKU Web Mail | a program link for accessing web mail |
| MathType Font | a specific font to display math symbols and Greek characters |
| MATLAB (version R2024a) |
for iterative analysis and design processes |
| Microsoft Access 2024 | a personal database program |
| Microsoft DreamSpark Visual Studio Professional 2013 with Update 4 32-bit (English) | a programming environment for Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual FoxPro, Visual J++ and Visual InterDev |
| Microsoft Edge for Business | a web browser |
| Microsoft Excel 2024 | a spreadsheet program |
| Microsoft Outlook 2024 | a email reading program |
| Microsoft PowerPoint 2024 | a presentation program |
| Microsoft Teams App | a software for video conferencing |
| Microsoft Word 2021 | a word processing program |
| Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013 | a specialized HTML editor and web design freeware for creating or modifying Microsoft SharePoint sites, workflows and web pages |
| Mozilla Firefox | a web browser |
| NAG Fortran Compiler (version 7.1) | fortran compiler with program development environment |
| NAG Fortran Library | library of mathematical and statistical functions for Fortran application |
| Notepad++ (version 8.8.9, 64-bit) | a text and program editor with comparison of files |
| Octave UI (version 10.3.0) | for numerical computation |
| Onyx | a free software environment for Structural Equation Modeling |
| OpenJDK (version 25) | to collaborate on an open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition, and related projects |
| Pageant (version 0.83) | an SSH authentication agent for PuTTY,PSCP,PSFTP and Plink |
| PuTTY | a SSH program for establishing a connection to a remote computer |
| Python | a software for programming |
| QSR Nvivo (version 12.6) | a qualitative research program |
| R (version 4.4.1, x64) | a software environment for statistical computing and graphics |
| Rstudio (version 2026) |
a set of integrated tools designed to help using R in a more productive way. It includes a console, syntax-highlighting editor that supports direct code execution, as well as tools for plotting, history, debugging and workspace management |
| SAS (version 9.4 TS1M7, 64-bit) | a statistical package |
| Scilab (version 2024.1.0) | for numerical computation |
| SmartDraw 2020 | to draw any type of chart, diagram |
| Sophos X | a virus scanning program |
| Spyder (version 6.1.1) | a scientific environment written in Python, for Python, and designed by and for scientists, engineers and data analysts |
| TypeDuck (version 1.1.1) | a Cantonese input keyboard |
| VLC player (version 3.0.21) |
a software player to play all region codes of DVD/VCD/CD |
| Zoom Workplace | a software for video conferencing |
Due to a world-wide shortage of RAM and HDD, their supply is currently constrained and lead times may be longer than usual.
Before placing any order, please contact your sales representative to confirm stock availability and delivery schedule so we can align expectations and secure the best possible timeline for you.
Due to a world-wide shortage of RAM and HDD, their supply is currently constrained and lead times may be longer than usual.
Before placing any order, please contact your sales representative to confirm stock availability and delivery schedule so we can align expectations and secure the best possible timeline for you.
Mac computers in the Learning Commons
Hardware configuration:
| iMac | |
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Software configuration:
| Operating system: OS X Version 10.14 | |
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| Software installed | Functions |
| Adobe Acrobat Pro | For publishing documents in Portable Document Format (PDF) |
| Adobe Photoshop 2023 | Edit, composite, and create beautiful images, graphics, and art on desktop and iPad. |
| Adobe Premiere Pro 2023 | Industry-standard pro video and film editing. |
| Adobe Illustrator 2023 | Create beautiful vetor art and illustrations on desktop and iPad. |
| Adobe Stock 2023 | Choose from millions of high-quality images, graphics, videos ,and more |
| Adobe Express 2023 | Quickly and easily make standout social media content, flyers, logos, banners and more fo rfree with thousands of beautiful ltemplates. |
| Adobe After effects 2023 | Cinematic visual effects and motion graphics. |
| Lightroom | Edit, organize, store, and share photos from anywhere |
| Adobe InDesign 2023 | for print publications, interactive PDF documents, digital magazines, and EPUBs |
| Adobe Media Encoder 2023 | a software automates the process of creating multiple encoded versions of source files |
| Adobe Photoshop 2023 | to enhance and manipulate photos and create original digital artwork |
| Adobe Prelude 2023 | to manage video ingest workflow |
| Adobe Premiere Pro 2023 | to edit, manipulate and export video |
| Adobe SpeedGrade 2023 | to perform complex color corrections on digital video |
| Chrome | a web browser |
| DFXControl | all data and setting will be reborn as default after restart |
| DPS App Builder | to build a custom viewer app and submit to Apple Store and Google Play Store |
| Firefox | a web browser |
| GarageBand | for making music |
| iMovie | a movie maker program |
| iPhoto | a photo edit program |
| iTunes | for music, movies, TV shows, apps, and books |
| Microsoft Document Connection | a SkyDrive and SharePoint connection tool |
| Microsoft Excel | a spreadsheet program |
| Microsoft Outlook | a email reading program |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | a presentation program |
| Microsoft Word | a word processing program |
| PhotoBooth | for making snapshots and short videos |
| QuickTime Player | for playing video |
| Safari | a web browser |
| Sophos Anti-Virus | a anti-virus program |
| The Unarchiver | a software to unarchive archive files, such as zip, rar and 7-zip |