/sci/ - Science & Math

>>5440396
>What calculator do you guys use for college algebra through Calculus III and Physics courses?
I had a TI-85 (graphing calculator) that I used for those classes back in the day. In hindsight, that was a waste of money. I bought a TI-30xa around 1998 and haven't looked back. It certainly isn't the only good calculator out there but I have been very happy with it.

Graphing Calculators are such a ripoff. I know that some schools/classes/tests require them. It is so silly how the price of those things have basically stayed the same over the past 20 years.

>>4580895
XKCD did the same joke a year ago.

I don't like xkcd much, but...

Serously

True about the screen, true about the functionality.

(alt text unrelated: "College Board issues aside, I have fond memories of TI-BASIC, writing in it a 3D graphing engine and a stock market analyzer. With enough patience, I could make anything ... but friends. (Although with my chatterbot experiments, I certainly tried.)")

get a netbook or a tablet instead of paying 10x what a graphic calculator is worth

fuck TI
fuck everything in Texas

<----- Why has this not been posted yet?

aren't the only pros of calculators their low power consumption?

a student has to do a few calculations.
if he needs more he/she probably will have to do them on a computer.

so why do students still buy these shitty calculators?

>>2407739
TI-89 is a step up. But both of those are ancient. But then again, so are ALL calculators.

Explain this.

It's pretty unlikely that you need all the functionality of that for a stats class. Find a $20 stats calculator, write down the advanced stuff it has, and ask the professor if it will suffice. TIs are a total ripoff.

pic related

yeah

Y'all know he's right