Re: Which TI does your school require
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Re: Which TI does your school require
On coming home today I found the lastest flyer from Service
Merchandise and on their cover is a picture of a TI-83 for
$89.99. I think it's a 1 month sale.
Barry
On Mon, 5 Aug 1996, Steven Wolfe wrote:
> In <3204DF04.1944@tenet.edu> Richard Taylor <rtaylor@tenet.edu> writes:
>
>
> >
> >And there is just no reason to buy a TI-82; it's replacement, the
> >TI-83, is so superior that the 82 shouldn't even be considered.
>
> I can think of one good reason: cost. Check the price comparison at
> ticalc.org, then consider that there are (free) programs for the 82 to
> handle statistics and complex numbers (I've seen 'em somewhere). Now,
> since the intention of this comparison is for school rather than for
> programmers, we can ignore that aspect. There you go: while it is
> futile to argue which is "better", the 82 is cheaper, and capable of
> almost just as much given the fact that it is programmable. If one can
> afford an 83, I have no problem with that. But for students, who may
> want to save their money for other things, while the 83 is, as you say,
> "superior", is it really necessary to spend the extra money?
>
> The 83 can be
> >used side by side with 82s, there's a huge base of programs for it,
> and
> >it's now got expanded capabilities with complex numbers, business and
> >statistical functions, etc.
> >
> >I've had a number of students who thought that becuase the TI-85 has a
>
> >bigger number and costs more that it must be better. Most traded them
> >back in for an 82 or 83.
> >--
> > Richard L. Taylor
> > J. J. Pearce H. S.
> > Richardson, TX 75080
> > rtaylor@tenet.edu
>
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