Mathematica 5.1

by Wolfram Research, Inc.

Product Features

• Creates publication-quality documents with its customizable, cross-platform file format
• Fully-integrated, technical, computing system; symbolic & numeric computation
• Used by over a million scientists, engineers, analysts, educators, and students
• High-performance optimization and linear programming, data analysis, and visualization
• A uniquely productive programming language

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0007D9QQ4
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 7, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,663 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #43 in Software > Utilities > Cross Platform

Customer Reviews

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28 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not User Friendly, July 28, 2005

By 

Jon M. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mathematica 5.1 (CD-ROM)

I purchased Mathematica 5.2 and the Mathematica Link for Excel. I installed both and then started reading the user manual that accompanied the link for excel. First, I couldn't find how to launch the Mathematica toolbar from within Excel. The manual directed me to a subdirectory that was supposed to be there as part of the installation, but it wasn't. I finally found the source files and got the toolbar set up. Next, I went through the manual page by page doing all of the examples. The first few were simple math equations and all went well. When I got to the first graphics example, however, the product did not work. I typed everything very carefully but no graphical object appeared. Keep in mind that I'm only on page 13 of manual here, so nothing complicated.

I phone technical support at Mathematica and, sure enough, their software has the SAME problems. So we try to work through the issues, and finally my tech support person says that he has to go to a meeting. Wow. At this point I'm terribly frustrated. I just wasted more than a half-hour with this guy and he has to go to a meeting?? What kind of product service is this?

I suggest you think strongly before buying this product if you're going to need tech support.