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Title: casio or ti?
Post by: sisqo1111 on March 10, 2008, 02:19:40 pm

hi all,
ive got a ti 83plus calculator which i use for methods, however ive also got a casio cfx-9850gb plus.
Which one of these are better? or are they very similar? i just find the casio quite hard to use.
thankyou

Title: Re: casio or ti?
Post by: RD on March 10, 2008, 04:11:47 pm

TI, because everyone uses it!

Title: Re: casio or ti?
Post by: sisqo1111 on March 10, 2008, 04:22:59 pm

ok thankyou :)

Title: Re: casio or ti?
Post by: Glockmeister on March 10, 2008, 04:27:55 pm

tbh, it's whatever your most comfortable using... that said TIs do tend to be popular

Title: Re: casio or ti?
Post by: AppleXY on March 10, 2008, 05:16:53 pm

Texas Instruments FTW! The TI-89 and TI-Nspire kicks Casio's calcs ANYDAY. :P

Title: Re: casio or ti?
Post by: bucket on March 10, 2008, 07:52:09 pm

yeah the ti-89 is insanely cool.

Title: Re: casio or ti?
Post by: costargh on March 10, 2008, 08:29:24 pm

Love Ti 89. 3rd year of using it and is rediculously easy to understand (ok that easy but pretty straight forward).

Title: Re: casio or ti?
Post by: Glockmeister on March 10, 2008, 08:41:27 pm

I was thinking of buying a TI-89 for spech, but the problem is I'm only gonna use it for a year, so I don't know whether it would be worth it.

Title: Re: casio or ti?
Post by: RD on March 11, 2008, 07:38:04 pm

Quote from: Glockmeister on March 10, 2008, 08:41:27 pm

I was thinking of buying a TI-89 for spech, but the problem is I'm only gonna use it for a year, so I don't know whether it would be worth it.

hmm.. there like $199 new at most places (well $165 for me :P), but... maybe you could get a cheaper one off eBay

Title: Re: casio or ti?
Post by: Mao on March 11, 2008, 08:29:43 pm

i've read somewhere that you could use a laptop (for CAS - computer algebra system)??

and the 89 wont be useless, you'll find it very handy in uni...

Title: Re: casio or ti?
Post by: Glockmeister on March 11, 2008, 08:42:26 pm

But I have no intention of taking maths beyond high school...

Title: Re: casio or ti?
Post by: AppleXY on March 11, 2008, 08:45:34 pm

Trust me, it can be extremely useful for multiple choice for Spesh in Exam 2. It does integrals, derivatives some tedious algebra in a flash :) This saves you time to do the more important analysis questions :)

Title: Re: casio or ti?
Post by: Collin Li on March 11, 2008, 09:24:54 pm

Quote from: Mao on March 11, 2008, 08:29:43 pm

and the 89 wont be useless, you'll find it very handy in uni...

I haven't touched a calculator in university except scientific calculators for non-maths subjects.