System Requirements - Release 2006b

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• Macintosh
• Solaris

Macintosh

	Operating System	Processors	Disk Space	RAM
32-bit MathWorks Products	Tiger Mac OS X 10.4.7 Mac OS X 10.4.6 Mac OS X 10.4.5 Mac OS X 10.4.4 Panther Mac OS X 10.3.9* Mac OS X 10.3.8	PowerPC G4 PowerPC G5	510 MB (MATLAB only)	512 MB 1024 MB (recommended)

* Requires a Apple Java patch. For more information, see bug report 1-161VXT (login required).

Compilers (for MEX Files)

• View an up-to-date list of supported compiler versions from vendors

Graphics

• 16-bit graphics or higher adaptor and display (24-bit recommended)
• X11 (X server) for Mac OS X

License Management

• Some license types require a license server running FLEXnet 10.8.0.1, which is provided by the MathWorks installer
• TCP/IP is required on all platforms when using a license server

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Support for Products on Operating Systems No Longer Supported

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