Matlab Home License - New Computer?

If I purchase a Matlab Home, it says I can use it forever. I want to get a copy but my laptop is getting old and in the next year or so I will upgrade to a desktop.

If I get a license now, can I transfer it to a new computer, or is it a single installation?

[Paul Kassebaum]

Hi Andrew,

You will indeed own the license forever and may transfer it to new machines in the future. You will want to log in to your MathWorks account to deactivate the license on machines you no longer intend to use in order to free up your license to activate on a new computer.

The Home license allows two activations at any given time and the ability to move activations between computers once a year.

Regards,

Paul Kassebaum

MathWorks

[Walter Roberson]

In R2014a, the Home license only allows one activation at a time.

[Walter Roberson]

According to the text you posted in another Question, the Home license still only permits one activation.

http://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/265057-matlab-home-edition-on-office-pc#comment_341497

[David Snyder]

I can confirm that two activations of R2016b-home are possible on a single computer. I have a Mac OS X activation running on my laptop, and a Windows activation (required for Trading Toolbox) running in a virtual machine on the same laptop. I can't think of any other circumstance, however, for which you would want two activations on a single computer; it's always possible to launch multiple instances of a single activation.

[Walter Roberson]

I have at least 9 activations on my Mac, but that is on a Standard license.

I run virtual machines under Parallels, and have activated multiple OS-X virtual machines, multiple MS Windows virtual machines, multiple different Linux virtual machines, and of course the non-virtual machine itself. For ease of administration, I use the same MAC address for all of my MS Windows virtual machines, a second MAC address for all of my Linux virtual machines, and a third MAC address for all of my OS-X virtual machines. This reflects that sometimes I need to run an OS-X virtual machine at the same time as an MS Windows virtual machine, to cross-check MATLAB behaviour under different OS classes; each active VM needs its own MAC address.

In my experience, when you run under Parallels, MATLAB does detect the difference in MAC addresses. When I have forgotten to manually set the MAC address of a new virtual machine, MATLAB has told me that I am out of activations -- a situation remedied by changing the virtual machine's MAC address to one of my already-registered ones.

Answer 1

[Andreas Goser]

You will be able to transfer your license to a new computer. That is either doable by yourself in the license center of your MathWorks account, or you need to call MathWorks Customer Support / Installation Support for this.