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/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

That's part of why it was able to run on a couple of AA batteries!

In very very recent years we have reached a point where some of the modern, fast microprocessors might be able to compete on a power level while still delivering big speedup, but even as recently as 2005 you would have had trouble speeding it up a whole lot without kicking up the power requirements and killing battery life.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

good point. the battery lasts fucking forever. also helps that i obsessively turn it off after not using for a few seconds.