MATLAB: Matlab (windows version) on a Mac

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Hi,

My university offers Matlab, but only the windows version. What's the best way to run Matlab (windows version) on a Mac? Bootcamp or virtual machine?

thanks

Rafael

Best Answer

It depends on your needs: When you use a virtual machine, you can run your Mac applications in the foreground or background. With bootcamp you have to boot Windows and install all required applications there.

The virtual machine will reduce the speed of execution and the available free memory noticably. But rebooting to get some important data from the other OS will be even less efficient.

My suggestion: If your hard disk is large enough, use both methods.

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