Hi all,

Further to my previous email (below) I can confirm that I have received no (zero) objections or concerns about the removal of Windows from the YNiC stimulus PCs.

We will thus proceed with our plans: Windows will no longer be available on the stimulus PCs from September 1st, 2018.

Best wishes,

Andre'

On 07/06/18 15:20, Andre Gouws wrote:

Hi all,

There has been a marked decrease in the usage of Windows on the YNiC provided stimulus PCs over the past 3 years. This appears to due to three main factors:

1. We no longer provide licenses for Presentation and E-Prime on our

machines (Windows specific packages)

2. There has been an increase in the number of users who use their own

stimulus laptops (and plug them into our projector & response box)

3. YNiC has invested heavily in getting the two most commonly used

stimulus packages (PsychoPy and PsychToolbox) running efficiently on Linux.

Maintaining a managed, networked Windows build for stimulus delivery use is a significant overhead for us. Due to the lack of use of the Windows build on our machines, we are *proposing to **remove Windows entirely from our stimulus PCs* during our next planned system maintenance scheduled for September 2018.

This is your opportunity to *e**xpress an opinion or concern* if you have any - please send your remarks to:

support@ynic.york.ac.uk

.. with the title:

Windows stimulus PCs

Thanks,

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André

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