Fully optimized support for Mac OS X

A native Macintosh OS X version is now available. Documents created in Mathematica CalcCenter are fully portable between the Macintosh and Windows versions and can also be used with Mathematica Professional for Macintosh, Windows, Linux, or Unix.


Support for computations with exact fractions

An optional setting allows fractions to be returned instead of decimal values, e.g. 1/12 instead of 0.08333333333.


New vector and array variable support

Problems involving vectors and arrays can now be specified using a single variable, rather than having to enter an equation for each component. This makes problem specification and readability much easier.


New import and export formats

New image import and export formats include dense data formats STDS and FITS, sparse data formats Matrix Market and Harwell-Boeing, raster graphics formats PNG and DICOM, and vector formats SVG, STL, and DXF can now be imported.


Improved export of XHTML

Creating web pages in XHTML now automatically generates cascading style sheets.


Extended copy and paste on Windows

Improvements now make it easier than ever to use your typeset formulas in other applications.


Over 50 improvements to quality and robustness

Quality has been a defining characteristic of Wolfram Research software, and this new release maintains that philosophy. Quality improves with each release. If you are using software from a company that thinks that only new features matter and has let quality decline with each release, consider switching now.


User interface improvements

Design has been streamlined and improved for usability.