Re: Why are TI Calcs so inferior?
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In article <328b645b.582990@news.sprynet.com>, lcappite@sprynet.com
(Goatboy) writes:
>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.
>
>
You are an idiot. Pardon my rudeness but it's true. Better than Assembly
Langauge? Short of sending electrical impulses to the processor there is
NOTHING better than that. Also, I think teachers would begin to *NOT*
allow them for use in class if they were that souped up. Also, these
aren't just "cheap" computers, they are calculators. nothing more. Sure
we want powerful calculators, but 4 AA is all I want to use on my TI-92.
Although having a pentium proccessor could enable me to cook my lunch at
school because they'd get so hot...that's stupid. And, portability =
$$$$. You see the price of laptops? For $5000 I can get a really
powerful laptop, or for about $2000 I can get a more powerful
desktop/mini-tower. And, I'd like to see you design one better. Don't
send messages like that here because you're dealing with a bunch of TI
users and we all (almost) love our calculator(s). You will just get
replies like mine saying your dumb and wrong.
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