has anyone used eprime on an Intel mac?

[ben]

in our lab we run some studies in matlab, and others in eprime. it
just occured to me that we might be able to run both using a single
computer, and cut down on clutter in the testing space, if we could
put eprime on a windows partition on our mac.
any thoughts? has anyone tried this?

ben

[David McFarlane]

Ben,

I have not tried this. But I do wonder if you plan to dual-boot
between Mac OS and Windows, or run Windows in a virtual machine
within the Mac OS. I would be very reluctant to trust millisecond
timing within a virtual environment, but maybe that is not important
for your experiment.

Alternatively, doesn't Matlab also run under Windows?

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[Chris Blais]

Ben--
This is the setup we use at the UCSF neuroscience imaging center. I think it's
using boot camp on a MacPro. I haven't run into any problems using it.
Best,
Chris

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[ben robinson]

thanks, david.
yes, matlab runs on pcs, but the lab we're currently cooperating with runs all their matlab scripts on macs, and always has, and we'd like to be consistent with their practices.
i would definitely be using two drives or two drive partitions to attempt this, not running windows virtually.
i can't wait to see if it works!

ben

[Joseph Williams]

Hi Ben,

Yes, I've done it several times and I'm currently running experiments with it. It works fine using boot camp, although it will probably be a bit of a pain to set it up. Boot camp beta isn't freely available anymore (unless you have the new Leopard version of Mac OS), and be prepared for things like your Mac keyboard suddenly not working in the middle of installation! One point to note is that you might have to install some drivers on your computer (which are available at PST's support site for E-prime) to get the computer to recognize the HASP USB key.

Joseph

[Melanie Lam]

I realize this thread is 7 years old...but I've been having trouble finding help. I've loaded Eprime through Bootcamp on my Mac. I managed to load up the experiment I created, I can enter the subject number but when it comes to using the keyboard as a response device for the experiment, it doesn't work. Key presses aren't being detected. It works on a PC. Any thoughts? Advice?

Thanks!