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What is the latest release of MATLAB that supports PowerPC-based Macs?

Date Last Modified: Friday, June 26, 2009

Solution ID:		1-609GMS
Product:		MATLAB
Reported in Release:		R2008a
Platform:		Mac
Operating System:		Mac Any

 

Subject:

What is the latest release of MATLAB that supports PowerPC-based Macs?

Problem Description:

I have a PowerPC Mac and I would like to install MATLAB. What is the latest release I can use on this machine?

Solution: MATLAB R2007b (7.5) is the last release to support the PowerPC processor on the Mac. The support for PowerPC is outlined in the system requirements road map here: http://www.mathworks.com/support/sysreq/roadmap.html For more information about the system requirements for MATLAB, see the system requirements page here: http://www.mathworks.com/support/sysreq/current_release/

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