
Mathematica for Mac is the tool of choice across the technical world for everything from simple calculations to large-scale computations, programming, or presenting. By the way, after purchasing/upgrading all versions of Mathematica since 1993, I finally received version 10.0 as a free upgrade.

I take 0.5 star because I do think that the plots generator (command) should be improved. My only wish is that I could write Mathematica commands in LaTeX (and then also see the output file in LaTeX-PDF), for me this will turn Mathematica into the ultimate software. Even in this respect, till today I can't find any comparable softwares. Moreover, Mathematica help features and the connectivity of its interface with its manual is unbelievably smart and convenient. However, come on, this is a tools for doing mathematics and symbolic mathematics, and as such it is in a league of its own. I also agree that as a sophisticated mathematically-oriented word processor (or presentations maker) it is not the best.

I agree with Iliketrash that the interface is unique looking almost as it did 25 years ago, and the plots generators (commands) can be dramatically improved. Mathematica is a unique software in its capabilities ! I am a heavy user of Mathematica for a quarter of a century (since 1989), and hardly remember times that it failed me.
