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No person would ever willingly choose the TI calculator to learn or apply math, but they need them for school. It's a similar issue for textbooks, where the pub
by arikrak 12y ago
No person would ever willingly choose the TI calculator to learn or apply math, but they need them for school. It's a similar issue for textbooks, where the publishers can charge very high amounts, since the buyers (students) don't have a choice.
Really everyone should be learning to use a tool like Mathematica, not a 1996 calculator, but the education system advances slowly...
(Also: http://xkcd.com/768/ http://xkcd.com/768/ )
- scottlocklin 12y agoI used Derive on an HP100LX. I still keep two HPX00LXes running in case I ever need to do a bunch of symbolic math again. Best PDA/calculator ever for physics. Funny how old calculators never go away. The HP12C is still used everywhere in finance and accounting.