Re: TI-87

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Re: TI-87

It's true that there seems little use for the 86, it seems that the 89
pretty much does everything it can do for a little more money.  The 83
is the "classroom standard", so it sells a lot (math teachers are not
comfortable with the 89, those that know what it is however).  It also
has advantages with Stats.

I have no idea why TI still has the 82 and 85 in their line-up.  The 85
lacks features every other calculator in production has like the Table,
Deep recall, text on graph screen.  The only reason I see to keep it
around is because it is about $20 cheaper than an 86 and is slightly
faster.  As for 82 on the other hand, it is the same price as the 83,
and I find no reason whatsoever to keep it around.

With the 89 out, I wouldn't be surprised if TI never builds a ti-87.

Todd

Rahat Husain wrote:
>
> Shutup. This is probably the single most unintelligable thing i've
> ever read in my entire life. Less intelligent than a discussion over
> the spelling of the word "unintelligable" (whose spelling I do not
> know.)
>
> On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 16:39:51 +0200, Eden Cohen
> <ultimate@internet-zahav.net> wrote:
>
> >Oh 86, oh 86. You TI-86 users had the best handhelp calc until four
> >monthes ago, and now the 83+ is taking you big time. The ti-85? It was
> >better than the 83, and now it's down to being an antique. Soon after TI
> >realizes that the noble 85/86 family has been taken by the previous
> >series of TI (82/83), they will release the TI-87 which will be a souped
> >up TI-86, some sort of hybrid between the 83+ and the 89.
> >The screen resolution will be the same though for each series.
> >Watch for the 87, it will have like 250k archive memory, flash
> >technology and all that.
> >
> >So isn't the 82 the worst calc now?
> >

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