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BrownMasterV:
Seriously, calculators have gone a LONG way since the '70s.
I just got my hands on a TI-nspire, and I have to say...it's fucking amazing.



That black rectangle in the middle is a touchpad.
Oh and it's got a keyboard.
The keypad is detatchable, and I get a free TI-84 Plus keypad (which should be here in about a week).

I got this sexy beast for $119 at Office Depot, (cheaper than the TI-89!)

I'm still trying to figure out how to really use it though...fucking thing has some mean solve functions.
This thing can make, click, drag and resize shapes and graphs- all with the touchpad.

Any thoughts?
What kind of calculators do you guys have?

Comparison of past TI calculators



This thing is a fucking BEAST!

phufham:
i wouldnt even know where to begin to figure that out and as for what kind of calc that i have.....the one on my comp

jetoxxx:
I use a ti-89, currently. I'm an engineering student, so an 83 or 84 wouldn't suit my purposes. My question is, does it have the engineering functions the 89 has?
For instance, I downloaded ME pro for my 89 and it makes a lot of my work a breeze (weird shape in need of a centroid? done. :P). The 89 has cross products and similar engineering functions preloaded onto it. If the Nspire has those, or downloads to make it a viable engineering calculator, I'd definitely give it a try.

DaggerLite:
Meh, calculators.

I have a Casio CFX-9850GC Plus, but I'm not allowed to use it where I'm studying. Too advanced, yet fairly old by now. It's nice for graph study, but I can do most of the other things it does on my own. Takes it forever to draw and treat graphs.

GoGeTa006:
Im currently running on a TI - 84 . . .For my calc classes they didnt allow me to get the 89 (since it does symbolic integration/derivation)
so I got the 84+ . . .but now Im on vector operations and the professors says, "Id recommend getting something that can handle 3D vectors cause doing all the grind work sux ass"

. . .I was thinking of getting a new calculator. . . This one has served me well :)

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