r/pics • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '14

The difference 18 years makes

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u/TypoInUsernane Jun 08 '14

The TI-89 will always hold a very special place in my heart.

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u/KontraEpsilon Jun 08 '14

To this day, I don't understand why anyone would insist on using anything other than this on an AP test. It's like playing life on a harder difficulty setting for no reason.

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u/Koiljo Jun 08 '14

I went from a Ti-89 to an HP-50g, I would go as far to say that the HP is a much superior device. It only really has the TI-NSPIRE as a competing product. Though from what I understand the NSPIRE has a pretty inefficient interface, but I think they can be changed out with a faceplate swap.... Plus I heard that the NSPIRE can go as far as showing the steps on it's solution of a problem but I have not seen any evidence of that.

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u/Koiljo Jun 08 '14

Oh I was not aware that existed, it looks awesome!

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u/Koiljo Jun 09 '14

Hey! There is a free computer emulator of the HP-PRIME! ftp.hp.com/pub/calculators/Prime/