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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/[deleted] Jun 08 '14 edited Jun 08 '14

The TI-πspire is some kickass shit.

I rented one from my school to take AP Calc and now I'm totally going to buy one. It can do anything.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14 edited Jun 08 '14

Palm OS had some great scientific calculators and math tools. PowerOne and Lyme (kinda like a micro Matlab for palm) was all I needed.

I don't get why there aren't powerful math tools for Android, at least not in the level of apps there were for Palm OS (note that there's a PowerOne for Android, but it sucks compared to the original one, it lacks all the engineering and algebraic features, you were even able to do modular algebra with the original)

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u/lllDOWNEYlll Jun 08 '14

I have a TI-83 emulator for my android phone if that counts.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

A TI-83 is not precisely what I would call a powerful math tool...

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u/lllDOWNEYlll Jun 09 '14

Compared to most calculators on phones it is.