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Choice Votes   Percent
From an offline store (e.g. Staples) 116 58.3%   
From the official TI online store 4 2.0%   
From another online store (not eBay) 12 6.0%   
From eBay 11 5.5%   
Over the phone 0 0.0%   
I bought it used from someone 4 2.0%   
I bought it new from someone 0 0.0%   
I got mine as a gift, so I don't know 26 13.1%   
I found it 2 1.0%   
Other 9 4.5%   
I built my own calculator and placed it in a TI case 15 7.5%   

Survey posted 2006-02-14 00:07 by Jon.

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Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
Jonathan Katz  Account Info
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Survey idea by Patrick Bollom <jasonfox13@gmail.com>

Reply to this comment    14 February 2006, 00:08 GMT

Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
calcprogrammer1 Account Info

I got my TI84+SE for 10 dollars off at Circuit City, right after they came out. I got a better deal than Office Max or Best Buy had.

Reply to this comment    14 February 2006, 01:07 GMT


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Num Account Info
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$10? How is that possible? Ti-84+SEs sell for about $130 on amazon.com!

Reply to this comment    14 February 2006, 14:13 GMT


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madmattd Account Info

He said $10 OFF. That should answer your disbelief

Reply to this comment    14 February 2006, 17:05 GMT


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Num Account Info
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Oh, heh-heh. That would clear things up a lot.

Reply to this comment    14 February 2006, 21:50 GMT


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KermMartian  Account Info
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My very first calculator was a TI-83 that I got for Christmas in 1999. I also have one TI-83+ that I bought, a few TI-83+s that I found, a TI-89 a classmate gave me, a TI-86 I bought from another classmate for $20, and a TI-73 I bought from a classmate for $30. I also had a TI-82, but I'm not sure where that went.

Reply to this comment    14 February 2006, 22:38 GMT


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Scooblescott  Account Info

dang, i wish i had an 89 for what?$20?(i have an 84+se)89's have good graphics. anyway, i dont believe your comment. in fact, i laughed, but that was what you were aiming for, right?

Reply to this comment    15 February 2006, 00:38 GMT


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weikang Account Info

eh, I won my 89 in a competition, and at that time, they were $200.

Reply to this comment    15 February 2006, 02:38 GMT


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KermMartian  Account Info
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Oh, I forgot to mention the TI-84+SE I bought for $115 at BestBuy. I dropped in a week later and the screen cracked. :'''(

Reply to this comment    15 February 2006, 15:37 GMT


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Num Account Info
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Ouch. Usually TI's calcs are sturdier that that.

Reply to this comment    16 February 2006, 01:44 GMT


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weikang Account Info

yeah, just a couple of weeks ago, I dropped my 89, and half of the screen flickered away. So we took apart the calculator and resoldered the contact points back together. And now it works!

Reply to this comment    16 February 2006, 03:19 GMT

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KermMartian  Account Info
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I've dropped my fleet of 83+s many, many times, onto surfaces like concrete from my pocket or hand, and no ill effects came of it. Two feet for the new 84 design, and the screen crack severed half the traces in the glass. :(

Reply to this comment    16 February 2006, 15:47 GMT


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Drew Mast  Account Info
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lol

those 84s are ugly as heck anyway
83+ forever!!

Reply to this comment    16 February 2006, 22:36 GMT


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Num Account Info
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Really? I dropped my 84+SE almost every day. It never broke, except for when I fried it's circuit board. But I fixed that now; it'll turn on.

I guess Silver Editions are sturdier...

Reply to this comment    16 February 2006, 23:10 GMT

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KermMartian  Account Info
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Eh, I'll stick with my good old backlighted, overclocked 83+.

Reply to this comment    17 February 2006, 18:21 GMT

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Num Account Info
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I've been thinking about overclocking my 84+SE, but are the plans for overclocking of 83+es compatible with the 84+SEs?

Reply to this comment    19 February 2006, 14:27 GMT


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CoolMaxtheprogrammer Account Info

Not that I know too much about it, I think that the 83+ plans won't work, because the circuits are different, and also they will look different, so it will be harder to do without a manual. Well, in case you do try, good luck...

Reply to this comment    20 February 2006, 16:43 GMT


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KermMartian  Account Info
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There's no problem with "circuitry" being incompatible, the problem is the case layout in the 84s. With the USB port, it's much more cramped inside and therefore more challenging to put extra stuff inside the case.

Reply to this comment    21 February 2006, 13:53 GMT


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KowDude  Account Info
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what's overclocked?

Reply to this comment    21 February 2006, 22:35 GMT


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KermMartian  Account Info
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You replace one of the internal components that governs the processor speed to make it go faster.

Reply to this comment    22 February 2006, 17:55 GMT


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Num Account Info
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See. what confuses me, is that why doesn't TI overclock their calculators in the manufacturing stage? They'd go about 3-4 times faster.

Reply to this comment    23 February 2006, 00:49 GMT


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Ethaniel  Account Info

Ever think about the battery usage? The more a calculator or computer uses its processor, the more power it has to use.

Reply to this comment    23 February 2006, 05:02 GMT


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KermMartian  Account Info
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1. If you overclock to 12MHz from 6MHz, your battery goes twice as fast. There's an inverse relationship between speed and battery life.
2. BASIC programs would run insanely fast, and LCD timing must be permenantly messed up, not to mention USB timing.

Reply to this comment    23 February 2006, 17:48 GMT

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Steven Rogers  Account Info
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I've dropped my 83+ regular many times. Twice down the stairs. It hasn't broken at all. I also have an 89 titanium which fell out of my pocket when I was running once and bounced around on the concrete. Still works great. As far as I can tell, these things are bulletproof!

Reply to this comment    17 February 2006, 22:17 GMT


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Num Account Info
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Hence the name, "Titanium!"

Reply to this comment    23 February 2006, 21:34 GMT


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Person Dude  Account Info

I've dropped my 84+SE many times from desks and it is fine. Nothing has happened to it. 84+SE's RULE! (for now)

Reply to this comment    21 February 2006, 18:33 GMT

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Aaron Kornaus  Account Info
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Mine from Wal-Mart survived a acetone (or similar) spill ina chem lab. Melted the ON key down so it wouldn't do anything but turn on and off. Took it apart and filed the key loos and it was good as new. Those 84s must just be crap.

Reply to this comment    17 February 2006, 23:18 GMT


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redsoxfan  Account Info
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I bet there's a big market for this type of repair service - you could make a lot of money...

Reply to this comment    18 February 2006, 01:17 GMT


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Jerry Wang  Account Info

Lol, A lot of money.....millions! I have a TI84SE that never had any problems. I have no experience on overclocking or taking them apart. Good luck!

Reply to this comment    28 February 2006, 01:48 GMT

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