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Microsoft didn't just drop the ball on the general design. Individual features have fallen behind. The calculator in Windows 7 was great, you could type sums an
by epanchin 6y ago
Microsoft didn't just drop the ball on the general design. Individual features have fallen behind. The calculator in Windows 7 was great, you could type sums and edit your history to quickly make changes to calculations. Windows 10, history is just for looking at.
I now have a Texas calculator on my desk.
- andrepd 6y agoQalculate is by far the best calculator app I've ever used.
- cosmodisk 6y agoI don't think I've seen a single person in any office using the calc on windows- anyone who needs to do simple calculations more than once a day has a physical calc on their desk- so much better and easier to use.
- rvba 6y agoExcel or apps that allow to edit history are much better than an old school calculator
- cosmodisk 6y agoI meant for simple calculations only- there's no way a pocket calc can be better than Excel.
- 20thCB 6y agoMy kids just type the calculation into Google.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoYour kids are smart. I have a pinned wolframalpha tab
- soulofmischief 6y agoThat's the point. No one uses it because it sucks. Meanwhile, my linux box has a dedicated macro to opening and closing SpeedCrunch, I also have br from the command line. Along with a numberpad input, there is literally no difference here from a desk calculator (which I still have, of course)
- anthk 6y agoany REPL >>>> spreadsheet.
- tomerv 6y agoI just installed calc.exe from Windows 7 on my work laptop with Windows 10. You can find copies of it online.
- erfgh 6y agoPro tip: Install python and do your calculations on the command line.
- Darmody 6y agoOr use a good calculator like Speedcrunch.
- mrweasel 6y agoThat’s not really the point is it? Windows 7 had a good calculator, which have been reduced to a bad one, for no real reason other than a GUI refresh.
- snazz 6y agoThe system I'm typing on runs Windows Server 2019, which has the Windows 7-era calculator and very little ability to use UWP apps, and I still do my math with Speedcrunch, Desmos, or an emulated TI-84 Plus CE via CEmu. The Windows 7 calculator is a solid basic calculator, but I think most power users in that time used third-party options or something like a spreadsheet. Microsoft clearly thinks of the calculator as a demo application for UWP and XAML, as evidenced by them open-sourcing it, sort of like how Apple treats TextEdit like a Cocoa text rendering demo. If you want a serious calculator or a serious text editor, you're better off looking outside these bundled tools.
- sgtnasty 6y agoI wish it would support HiDPI displays better. Right now it's impossible for me to read.
- akalsz 6y agoOr if you prefer JavaScript, try qjscalc from QuickJS [1]. [1]: https://bellard.org/quickjs/ https://bellard.org/quickjs/
- FpUser 6y agoInstall that giant monster just as a calculator? This does not make sense. There are free calculators for windows with very nice functionality and no bloat.
- splithalf 6y agoWhy not use a spreadsheet? You can save a spreadsheet and do linked graphics. Spreadsheets are the future.