If you install WolframAlpha Notebook Edition and have Mathematica on your machine then the interface for the notebooks changes. I discovered the differences between Mathematica and WolframAlpha Notebook Edition. Too bad, since the product sounded good on paper. They processed my refund and cancellation, whereupon I thanked them and deleted Wolfram stuff from my system.īottom line: from my experience, Alpha Notebook does not seem 'ready for prime time' (that is, as paying customer, get ready to put in your time a product tester, too), and the organization seems to be in a state of disorganization. They were polite, and aghast that their own tech support team had little clue about the product (Alpha Notebook), and that they invented this bizarre story about a 'sister company' to close the ticket.

This product isn't supposed to require constant internet connectivity, and supposedly can run relatively simple math problems locally on my PC, right?Ĭalled Wolfram 'tech support' about this at the tel# on their site, and got a guy who, while polite, had no idea about the product (though this only became evident after wasting 5-10 minutes), then insisted, 'Oh, Alpha Notebook is produced by our sister company, not Wolfram you should call them.' He promised to send me an email w/tel# for their mysterious sister company.but this email never arrived. Then tried to plot a simple 2d function.and was treated to 1-2 minute pause with message amounting to, 'Waiting to connect to servers'. However, after I subscribed to Alpha Notebook and installed the app on my Win10 PC, I had problems almost right out of the box, both with the software and with Wolfram 'tech support' (available 9-5 Champaign-Urbana time.which isn't super duper for those of us in not in North America, btw).Īfter starting the app and checking that I was registered/activated, I tried a few arithmetic evaluations-these worked, happily. On paper, the summaries from others above seem right. (see below-Alpha Notebook does not seem to do this, however) both (supposedly) run and can process input locally on your PC

In my experience, Alpha Notebook does not (see below) Mathematica, despite the sometimes painful syntax, works reliably

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