Re: Best Calc to Buy

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Re: Best Calc to Buy

>>    Without a doubt, get the Casio 9850.  It wipes the floor with the 85,
>> 92, 83, and all the rest of them.  Its got icon menus, color screen, faster
>>graphics, and is much simpler to use.  It has a much better interface, and the
>>case is more aesthetically pleasing.  Get the Casio 9850.  No doubt about it.
>>
>> Sincerely Yours,
>> Bob Maley and Audrey Krites
>> bmak@hotmail.com
>
> My very first calc was a Casio fx-9700GE.  I was a die-hard casio fan until I
> bought my TI-85.  I would not recommend to anyone to buy a Casio.  For one
> thing, the icon menus will slow you down after a while.  Every time you want
> to do a different kind of calculation, you have to switch menus and click on
> a different icon to get it to do the type of calculation you want.  (Basic
> calculations, matrixes, graphs, programming).  As for the color, it's not
> that great.  I think it's really hard to tell the colors apart.  Besides,
> what practical value is it?
>    Another thing: Casios cannot be programmed in assembly.  Even the
> programming language it has is very different than anything I've ever seen.
>  It's also very weak and has only a few commands (Doesn't even have GetKey).
>  This makes any very complex programs or games almost impossible.
>
> The good points of a Casio, however, are its ability to do imaginary numbers
> and graph inequalities.  I would still recommend a TI (preferably an 85)




I just wanted to mention that the TI-85 also has the built-in ability to do
imaginary numbers.






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