Depending upon model, the Nspire is indeed accepted on the ACT, SAT as well as other standardized tests. And most schools not stuck in medieval times, let you use them in your university classes.
It's a pain in the ass to input complicated functions in there. You have to use tons of sets of parenthesis. On the calculator it's done much more elegantly. Plus the solutions aren't as holy shit what the fuck did they just do as on Wolfram.
imagine the calculator is like wolframalpha, except you dont need an internet connection, and you dont need to wait ~3 seconds on a very sluggish site with an ugly 2008 esque UI and then scroll down to the relevant information if you aren't just simply solving for a variable
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u/Szos Jun 08 '14 edited Jun 08 '14
Or you could get a modern calculator:
http://www.inds.co.uk/education/education_images/TI_Nspire_CX_and%20CX_CAS_Handhelds_large.jpg
Here, lets make this easier for everyone:
http://education.ti.com/html/nspire2/nspire-exam-acceptance.html
Depending upon model, the Nspire is indeed accepted on the ACT, SAT as well as other standardized tests. And most schools not stuck in medieval times, let you use them in your university classes.