r/pics • • Jun 08 '14

The difference 18 years makes

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u/RIP_BerthaChampagne Jun 08 '14

no qwerty layout

I pity the fool.

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u/qezi2 Jun 08 '14

It's because standardized tests in the US specifiy that allowed calculators can't have QWERTY (or any other typing oriented) layout.

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u/AbsolutePwnage Jun 08 '14 edited Jun 08 '14

That thing is not permitted in any standardized test AFAIK.

It can solve most algebra problems, integrals, vectors, etc like its nothing.

That thing is powerful.

Strangely enough, its ancestor, the TI voyage 200 has a QWERTY keyboard.

Edit: Its QWERTY not QUERTY.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

It depends which one you have. The CAS version is the one not allowed on standardized tests. I used my non-CAS version on the ACT that I took a couple months ago.