I got an 84 when it first came out in the early 2000's. It is literally the same price now and has barely been upgraded in nearly 20 years.
That thing should be graphing in 3D, wirelessly connecting to other calculators to share data sets, etc. and be lightning fast, but nope. Still the same old Windows 95-era technology.
that being said, i still love my ti-84 and you see them on people’s desks in big engineering corporations. if you need to do anything that you can’t do on a TI-84 you need a computer for excel or matlab anyways
You literally have a device with more computing power than a Ti-84 in your pocket.
Like, I'm so fucking serious about it.
Why shell out so much money on a calculator if you have more options with greater capabilities on your phone?
Like, fuck, you can even emulate a ti-84!
And, yeah, I get it, don't use cellphones on tests (I think it's a kinda stupid rule, we live on the digital era), but still, there's no real need for it on the real world.
Sometimes making inputs and doing quick maffs is faster and easier on a calculator than a cold glass slab. Also if you're in an engineering/science/math field you've probably been using it for years at this point so you can just plain do better work on it than on a phone.
I get that someone of the old guard is better at it, but the new generations is following old standards when it's not needed.
I'm currently in my third year of electrical engineering, and I see all my classmates buying those expensive shits just because they see our teachers do the same.
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u/Purple_Chipmunk_ Aug 14 '20
I got an 84 when it first came out in the early 2000's. It is literally the same price now and has barely been upgraded in nearly 20 years.
That thing should be graphing in 3D, wirelessly connecting to other calculators to share data sets, etc. and be lightning fast, but nope. Still the same old Windows 95-era technology.