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From: Math1723 on 6 May 2008 16:33
Can someone explain to me what limitations there are in the use of the
"Student Edition of MATLAB Version 5 for the Macintosh" [ISBN:
0132724855] by Prentice Hall? For example, are certain features
disabled and will it run okay in Classic mode on my Powerbook G4? I
see this book/software package advertized cheaply from a number of
book stores and auction sites, and I am interested in just trying it
out for fun. However, there is no point in my throwing away $17 if I
can't use the software at all. Furthermore, I am not technically
student any longer, so if there are registration requirements that
include proof of matriculation, then I would still be hosed.
From: Roger Stafford on 6 May 2008 17:02
Math1723 <anonym1723(a)aol.com> wrote in message
<7d781985-46b6-43b1-9970-
cfb78b568bcf(a)e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>...
> Can someone explain to me what limitations there are in the use of the
> "Student Edition of MATLAB Version 5 for the Macintosh" [ISBN:
> 0132724855] by Prentice Hall? For example, are certain features
> disabled and will it run okay in Classic mode on my Powerbook G4? I
> see this book/software package advertized cheaply from a number of
> book stores and auction sites, and I am interested in just trying it
> out for fun. However, there is no point in my throwing away $17 if I
> can't use the software at all. Furthermore, I am not technically
> student any longer, so if there are registration requirements that
> include proof of matriculation, then I would still be hosed.
-----------
You should indeed check further before committing your $17. I can't speak
for version 5, but in student edition 4 and 4a also by Prentice Hall I think,
there is the restriction that no array may be longer than 8192 elements, and
for two-dimensional matrices the shorter dimension cannot exceed 32 in
size. This puts a considerable damper on ambitious students' plans. I
understand that fortunately such restrictions do not apply to the modern
student versions.

Roger Stafford

From: helper on 7 May 2008 00:24
Math1723 <anonym1723(a)aol.com> wrote in message <7d781985-
46b6-43b1-9970-cfb78b568bcf(a)e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>...
> Furthermore, I am not technically
> student any longer, so if there are registration
requirements that
> include proof of matriculation, then I would still be
hosed.

It's not often you see the words "matriculation"
and "hosed" in the same sentence.

From: jonhoyle on 7 May 2008 09:41
On May 7, 12:24 am, "helper " <spaml...(a)nospam.com> wrote:
> It's not often you see the words "matriculation"
> and "hosed" in the same sentence.

Perhaps, but your post doubles the number of such instances in this
thread alone. :-)
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