New MATLAB user: Rosetta 2 or Parallels for Apple M1 MacBook pro?

Hello,

I'm new to MATLAB and would like to install it on my M1 MacBook Pro. I'll be using MATLAB for some projects that involve machine learning and since I'm a new user, l'll porbably just go for the latest version available which seems to be 2022b at this point. My understanding is that if I were to install MATLAB directly on my laptop, it will be installed using Rosetta 2 emulator. But it seems that I could also install it on a virtual windows machine such as Parallels.

Aside from missing some toolboxes, I'm unable to decide whether I should install MATLAB directly on my laptop or through a virtual windows machine? I tried to search in the community for an answer, but I didn't come across one so far.

Appreciate sharing your experience on this. Thanks!

Answer 1

[Jestzer]

I'm not sure how much better it's going to run on a VM. I'd install both the x64 version and the native-silicon beta. See which one does better with the things you're doing.

[Sam]

Thanks, Jestzer, for the suggestion. I didn't realize that 2022b is a native-silicon beta version, which I generally avoid, and it seems to have limited toolbox options.

Would love to hear if others had experience with this.

[Jestzer]

No problem. You may find more meaningful input from a variety of others on this post.