On December 31, 2020, Adobe formally discontinued Flash Player. Adobe will provide no further security updates for it and will continue to encourage users to uninstall it. Simultaneously, Information Systems & Computing (ISC) removed the Flash Player entry from the University’s supported computing products list.

Lenovo's ThinkPad T14s is an upper-midrange notebook currently available with either AMD or Intel processors. It replaces the T490s (Intel-based) and T495s (AMD-based) systems and marks a change in Lenovo's nomenclature for many ThinkPads. The T continues to mean thinnest mainstream system, while the 14 indicates screen size in inches, and the s means thin and light—at least compared to a normal T-series.

At the end of this month, December 31, 2020, Adobe will formally discontinue Flash Player. Adobe will provide no further security updates for it and will continue to encourage users to uninstall it. Simultaneously,  Information Systems & Computing (ISC) will remove the Flash Player entry from the University’s supported computing products list.

Today, November 10th, 2020, Apple announced three significant new macOS-based hardware products and the upcoming release of a new version of the macOS operating system—macOS 11.0 Big Sur.

On September 16, 2020, Apple released version 14 of both iOS and iPadOS, along with updated versions of tvOS and watch OS. Today, Information Systems & Computing (ISC) approved iOS and iPadOS 14.0.1 for general use.
 
ISC and other Penn constituents have tested iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 extensively. They have not discovered any compatibility issues with various University systems and many current University apps, including the apps and services listed here:

Today, September 16th, 2020, Apple released version 14 of both iOS and iPadOS, along with updated versions of tvOS and watchOS.

Last week, Microsoft formally announced that they will stop supporting their Internet Explorer 11 web browser in their Microsoft 365 applications in August 2021.

At a fascinating and lively Super User Group (SUG) meeting on Monday with Managing Remote IT Work & Support as a topic, computer ergonomics came up quite a few times.

Microsoft released the first Surface Go tablet in August 2018. Its small size, 1.15-pound weight, and relatively low price were of interest to many at the University. ISC testing revealed that the Surface Go's low-end Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y processor made it relatively slow in an era when almost all new tablets and notebooks are fast. This slowness would typically have disqualified it from significant interest at the University.

Today, Tuesday, August 4th, 2020, Apple introduced new iMac desktop systems. These systems form the basis of the macOS configurations in the University's Desktop Recommendations and Desktop Purchasing Guide.