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So now that I have finally graduated I will likely retire my old trusty Ti-84 plus to my brother ( he desperately needs one) and get new one for university. So, I have been wondering if it's worth going for the new coloured versions, as I just can't deal with confusing lines in the graphings.

So here are my options:

1- get the coloured version of the Ti 84 plus, doesn't seem to that much different or pricey it seems like a good option.

2- get their new Nspire line, looks fancy but I'm not sure if it's worth the money still can't find something compelling about it.

3-cheap out and just use a emulator

4- buy another ti-84 plus

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Im a TI-nSpire CX owner, I love it and it truly has saved my bacon multiple times.

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Im a TI-nSpire CX owner, I love it and it truly has saved my bacon multiple times.

How does it prove its worth for you?

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the new nspire looks nice. To be honest though I never really needed anything more than my TI 30 XS :D

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I also have one of the first nspire cas ...

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... but I almost never used it during my undergraduate studies (simply because in most of the exams nothing more than a non programmable calculator or no calculator at all was allowed) and now I do almost anything in matlab anyway.

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How does it prove its worth for you?

 

graphing mainly. It's really helpful having the trackpad + colour for graphing functions and then all the associated tools.

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Get a TI-89. Powerful, does everything you could ever need.

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Get a TI-89. Powerful, does everything you could ever need.

Lack of colour is a deal breaker, anything useful that a Ti 84 C or Ti Nspire can't do it does?

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There's no need for color on a calculator. It's a goddamn calculator. For fucks sake.

 

I don't understand why people spend a ton of money on a calculator because it has "color" and a full HD screen or whatever the hell TI is trying to sell now. A TI-89 is more than anyone would ever need.

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There's no need for color on a calculator. It's a goddamn calculator. For fucks sake.

 

I don't understand why people spend a ton of money on a calculator because it has "color" and a full HD screen or whatever the hell TI is trying to sell now. A TI-89 is more than anyone would ever need.

Ahh probably to distingush between graphs, and the higher resolution display helps as well once again with graphs.

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The first Ti nspire CAS (the grey one, not the black one) is so insanely useful. Being an engineering student, I'd be so incredibly lost without it. I reckon the older nspire cas calcs are better purely because the batteries are replaceable. Yes the new ones have a better layout and a backlit screen, but what happens if you forget to charge it the night before your exam and you run out of battery half way through the exam?

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Casio?

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Casio?

Havent heard of these guys since a long time, what are there good options?

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Havent heard of these guys since a long time, what are there good options?

They have a fancy ass option which a touch screen and everything (ClassPad fx-CP400) but I prefer what is basically the Casio equivalent to the Ti-84 plus (FX-9860II s). Its a solid device and has served me well. That being said i have not had that much time with Ti calcs. We were told in high school to get Casios because that is what the teacher used and knew and could explain to us if we had issues.

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They have a fancy ass option which a touch screen and everything (ClassPad fx-CP400) but I prefer what is basically the Casio equivalent to the Ti-84 plus (FX-9860II s). Its a solid device and has served me well. That being said i have not had that much time with Ti calcs. We were told in high school to get Casios because that is what the teacher used and knew and could explain to us if we had issues.

Hmm, casio seems pretty competitive, especially with the FX-9860GII which just plain reckts the ti 84 plus at a cheaper price.

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Hmm, casio seems pretty competitive, especially with the FX-9860GII which just plain reckts the ti 84 plus at a cheaper price.

You will have to learn the ins and outs of the thing which might be a pain, would not really know because i have never had to switch. For basic this that does not really matter but when you get to something like matrix operations then you really want to know how to use your calculator.

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