On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 19:12:31 +0000, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:

>>> Fun thing: Apparently if you buy a Raspberry Pi, it now comes with a
>>> free copy of Mathematica.
>>>
>>> Not some crippled version. The entire thing. For free.
>>
>> Yep.  Which reminds me, I need to check it out. :)
> 
> Alternatively, just install Raspbian on a PC emulator. ;-)

I wonder how the performance would compare. :)

>>> Also: Apparently the Raspberry Pi is _more powerful_ than the hardware
>>> that Mathematica was originally released for. (Apple Mac? Apple II??)
>>
>> Not surprising, it's been around for a while.
> 
> Apparently the command-line version zips along quite nicely on a Pi, but
> the GUI is "a little sluggish - but still faster than the original Mac".

Not surprising, given the memory constraints on the pi.  Running openELEC 
on one here, 512 MB of RAM, looks like about half is used in normal 
circumstances.

Jim



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besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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