Customer Reviews

Kaplan SAT/ACT/PSAT 2007 Platinum Edition [Old Version]

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Only complaint is that I cannot minimize the screen and multi-task while using the program. If I could, I would use it more often. Much easier to use than the book.

it improved my score, cool little tips, program is a bit annoying, but i got higher scores none the less

Basically unusable... crashes with Director Player error. No patches available from software company. AVOID for Mac OS X.

My son is using it to prepare for PSAT and it is a great help to be able to take the test then go back and not only see where you made a mistake, but get an explainantion of why the correct answer is the correct answer. This is really a great help!

Kaplan's 2007 Platinum Edition SAT ACT PSAT software is mediocre. What I found to be the most detracting was the quality of the user interface of the program. The program took up the entire screen, much like a video game, but only utilized about 50% of the screen space in the middle, placing a black rectangle of space around the edge. This was annoying to me, the programers could have simply made the program windowed, much like the window user interface of a web browser. Some of the explanations regarding multiple choice questions were poor, especially the chemistry and biology questions. All in all, I did not use this software as much as I had anticipated; it just wasn't the best way to prepare. I recommend sticking to the old fashion test prep books!

The software works except on a PowerPC running OS 10.4.11 with current flash player it does not work and crashes everytime you take diagnostic test, you get a Direct Player Error and freezes program and does not save your 30 min test. I called Topics Entertainment tech support and they said they are having problems and Kaplan is responsible for fixing and they have not. It is false advertising, they do not support Mac PowerPc version. Topic Tech Support said it has problems with PowerPC and should work with intel processor for Mac. This software ALSO does not work on OS X 10.5 Leopard, same error. I will try it on my Windows laptop and post an update if I can.

Thanks! Software arrived quickly and in great condition. Our granddaughter has been wanting something like this to help her get ready for the big tests. Hope this helps!