System Requirements - Release 2006a

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• Windows
• UNIX/Linux
• Macintosh

Windows

	Operating System	Processors	Disk Space	RAM
32-bit MathWorks Products	Windows XP Service Pack 1 or 2 Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or 4 Windows Server 2003	Pentium III Pentium IV Pentium Xeon Pentium M AMD Athlon AMD Athlon MP AMD Athlon XP AMD Athlon 64 AMD Opteron	460MB (MATLAB only)*	512 MB 1024 MB (recommended)
64-bit MathWorks Products	Windows XP x64	Intel EM64T processors AMD64 processors	460MB (MATLAB only)*	512 MB 1024 MB (recommended)

* Disk space requirement varies depending on size of partition. The MATLAB installer will inform you of the hard disk space requirement for your particular partition. Installation size will be determined by the installer and can vary for NTFS and FAT formats.

See our Software Maintenance and Support Policy for non-certified operating environments.

Compilers (for MEX Files)

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

Graphics

• 16-, 24- or 32-bit OpenGL capable graphics adapter

Other Recommended Items

• MS Windows supported graphics accelerator card
• MS Windows supported printer
• MS Windows supported sound card
• MS Word 2000, MS Word 2002 or MS Word 2003 is required to run MATLAB Notebook
• MS Excel 2000, MS Excel 2002 or MS Excel 2003 is required to run MATLAB Builder for Excel, Excel Link

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