Re: Performance of student version of Mathematica?
- To: mathgroup at christensen.cybernetics.net
- Subject: [mg750] Re: Performance of student version of Mathematica?
- From: falafel at twain.oit.umass.edu (Rob "Anomaly Boy" Keller)
- Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 14:21:39 -0400
- Organization: Falafel Boy
> Note that the full Enhanced version of Mathematica is available > to educational institutions, faculty and students at academic > discount prices. > > I hope this answers your questions. > > Best regards, > > --Ian > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Ian Collier > Technical Sales Support > Wolfram Research, Inc. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Tel (217) 398-0700 Fax (217) 398-0747 ianc at wri.com > Wolfram Research Home Page http://www.wri.com/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------- In fact I bought the Enhanced version at academic pricing. I am a senior year university math student, and I recently bought a PowerMac. I made sure that when I bought my powermac to budget for enough ram, an L2 cache, a great monitor, and plenty of drive space. What good is that PPC chip if you can't exploit it? Anyway, with that attitude, I also decided to buy the Enhanced version of mathematica. Admittedly it was expensive at $350 for a starving student, but at the same time, I wanted to take advantage of a decent computer system. So keep in mind, that if you spent over $3000 to put together a decent computer system, $350 is not that much. $350 seemed like a lot to me, until I realized that the machine and peripherals cost me $6000. Just set your priorities. Also, I have no money, just a nice parent willing to cosign a low interest loan. rob ps - it was worth the extra money for the peace of mind that the better tech support provides. -- "I turn away in fright and horror from the lamentable evil of functions which do not have derivatives" - Charles Hermite