Re: Which TI should I buy?
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Re: Which TI should I buy?
The 85 is MUCH more powerful, but the 82 is easier to use and cheaper. I
paid $25 less for my 82 than I would have paid for an 85, but I still
wish I got an 85.
On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, P. Kolbus wrote:
> Not to start a Mac/PC war here, but the 82 'is better than' the 85 for the
> same reasons that the Mac 'is better than' the PC. It's easier to use!
> (albeit MUCH less powerful, IMHO - thats why I have an 85)
>
> At 20:51 12/11/96 -0600, Phillip D. Teeple wrote:
> >I still fail to see the advantages of the 82. The 85's menu system is so
> >much better, it has a custom menu, and is much more powerful with higher
> >resolution. Why is the TI-82 better?
> >
> >On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Johnny "Big Dog" Miyares wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 7 Dec 1996, Mr.Bean wrote:
> >>
> >> > For your information, it's really the OTHER WAY AROUND : the TI-85 was
> >> > made BEFORE the TI-82! The reason for that is that very few people were
> >> > buying the TI-85 so they made a slightly inferior model for the average
> >> > person.
> >> >
> >>
> >> I don't know if I would refer to the 82 as inferior, but those of us who
> >> had already been using the 81 as a teaching tool since '90(?) found the 85
> >> user unfriendly when it came out in '91/'92. Ideal for engineers, not so
> >> ideal for teaching high school.
> >>
> >> The 82 came out in the summer of '93 and was designed to fit primarily the
> >> needs of teachers who all went out and bought them in bulk for their
> >> classrooms. It may be less powerful than the 85, but in many ways, it has
> >> it's advantages.
> >>
> >> Enough of this.
> >>
> >> -- J. Big Dog
> >>
> >
> >
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