Using Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate

[Lidia Suarez]

Dear Dana,

Please keep us informed. In my case, the sound does not work with
Vista...and still waiting for PST to reply...let us know if with XP mode all
ok. Thanks.

Regards,
Lidia

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Dana Battaglia <danamon at msn.com> wrote:

> Dear David,
> Thanks so much for your very thorough reply.  I did Google the info as
> well, and came up with the equally vague info.
>
> So far, I have upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate, and subsequently
> installed eprime.  Luckily, my present experiment does not use vidoes,
> but it does use sound....I will continue to keep you posted.
>
> Sincerely,
> Dana
>
> On Aug 10, 10:35 am, David McFarlane <mcfar... at msu.edu> wrote:
> > Dana,
> >
> > First, I would not expect anyone from Dell to know anything about
> > what is needed to run E-Prime, so you are indeed wise to question the
> > advice of the Dell rep.
> >
> > Second, if you search the Google Group or the PST Forum for "Windows
> > 7" you will find earlier reports addressing your very
> > question.  FWIW, PST has still not revised its statement of 16 Nov
> > 2009, "PST does not recommend using Windows 7 at this time for data
> > collection."  (They also have not come through with a "more formal
> > statement" with timing test results scheduled for Q1 2010).
> >
> > But finally, I hope that you do us all a favor and pioneer this for
> > us -- go ahead and get Windows 7, try running E-Prime under XP mode,
> > and report back with the results.  Pay particular attention to delays
> > and crashes when playing sound
> > (http://support.pstnet.com/forum/Topic1361-12-1.aspx), crashes when
> > playing movies (http://support.pstnet.com/forum/Topic1850-4-1.aspx),
> > and anomalies in measured response times
> > (http://support.pstnet.com/forum/Topic2994-12-1.aspx).  And if you
> > then find that EP does not run well under Windows 7, you can always
> > reformat and revert to XP, like many of us have done.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder
> >
> > At 8/6/2010 06:23 AM Friday, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > >I purchased a new laptop which uses Windows 7 as an Operating System.
> > >I called Dell and they said that I should be able to use eprime, if I
> > >upgrade to Windows 7, either Professional or Ultimate editions.  The
> > >reason I would have to upgrade is that these two versions have an
> > >option to function in "XP Mode," in which case eprime should work on
> > >my new laptop.
> >
> > >Has anyone recently experienced this conversion?  And if so, was it
> > >successful?
> >
> > >Thanks!
> > >Dana- Hide quoted text -
> >
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