The monopoly behind your TI graphing calculator

8 pointsposted 7 hours ago
by Brajeshwar

3 Comments

Surac

6 hours ago

I Europe we can choose between Casio, HP and TI. Problem is: Calculators are build for schools, not for using them in real life. Real Calculator: enter Number -> Press sqrt -> read result. Modern gameboy calculator: enter sqrt use cursor to go to number field -> enter number -> press equal -> read result. May be nice to learn how schoolbooks are written, but very inconvinient if you have to use the calculator for real

pjmlp

4 hours ago

Depends on the models pretty much, I used scientific models like FX 4500P, the 880P, the CFX-9850GB PLUS during my education, and they had programming modes where that isn't the case.

Maybe that has changed in the last decades.

wildzzz

5 hours ago

In the US, we had math books that directly integrated lessons on using the TI calculator (exact function names, button icons, screenshots).