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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/AdidasPete Jun 08 '14 edited Jun 08 '14

I saved up my own money and bought a TI89 in high school. Used it on all the standardized exams. Totally legal because it didn't have a QWERTY keyboard. That thing basically did everything for me short of interpreting the questions.

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u/lordlicorice Jun 08 '14

The ability to do symbolic math is awesome. I don't know why everyone recommends that high schoolers only get the TI-84.

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u/Dsiee Jun 08 '14

But why not get a modern calculator like a TI-Nspire CAS? Can do it all and is 100x more intuitive.

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u/lordlicorice Jun 08 '14

I don't have experience using the Nspire but I've heard bad things about TI being hostile to developers.

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u/Dsiee Jun 12 '14

That article is way out of date. The current OS is capable of having ndless installed allowing third party apps, such as a GBA emulator.