Re: Why are TI Calcs so inferior?
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In article <328b645b.582990@news.sprynet.com>, lcappite@sprynet.com (Goatboy)
says:
>
>I've been looking over the tech specs for all the TI calculators, and
>I can't argue that these calculators are spectacular. They are the
>most ingenious pieces of equipment for school use and such. However,
>they're hardware is very inferior. The hard disk so to speak only is
>about 30K. The processor runs at 6MHz? It only has an assembly
>language, not something better? My gosh, on today's technology, hd
>space is 6 *cents* a meg? And hard drives are the size of a TI calc.
>If u shrink down the hd to that of a mini cassette, and put it in the
>TI, u could get about 1/3 a gig. And you could probably do better,
>because I've seen a mini cassette for the computer that holds a gig,
>and the drive it goes in to is only 1 cm bigger on each side. And the
>chip? The 486 chips are like $30 bucks nowadays, and they run at
>66MHz. AMD chips are $75 for a 133MHz version. And the display screen.
>I've seen sony watchman that were smaller and they have a color screen
>at 320x200.
>
>Basically, what I'm saying is with today's current technology and its
>cheapness, TI could probably come out with a calculator that could
>outperform my computer (mine is a 486 DX2-50) for the same price as
>their 92, and I don't know why they aren't trying.
>
TI does have everything you mentioned. It's called a laptop! :-)
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