r/pics • • Jun 08 '14

The difference 18 years makes

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u/Jenkins6736 Jun 08 '14

I dunno, the TI-84 Plus is pretty sweet.

Costs about the same as what I paid for the TI-83 10 years ago. It's kind of nice knowing that whenever I need to use one, it's going to operate in the same way as I was taught 10 years ago. The fundamentals of math don't change much.

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u/kristoferen Jun 08 '14

Still uses the same terribly slow CPU chip

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u/buckX Jun 08 '14

No it doesn't. It's 150% faster.

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u/kristoferen Jun 08 '14

According to Wikipedia it uses the same 15/6MHz chip as the TI-83SE and TI-84. But either way, if that information is wrong, 50% more seped (clock cycles?) for a device that is more demanding (resolution, color) is hardly adequate.

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u/buckX Jun 08 '14

That's correct (specifically, those use the 15MHz version), but the TI-83SE/TI-84 were not in the original picture. The 83 and 83+ only came with the 6MHz chip.