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How long have you had your calculator? How many times have you changed the battery? How long do you think you'll keep using it for?

>6 years
>once
>probably another 4 at least

>> No.8669551

I've had the exact same calculator for 3 years now, haven't had to change the battery so far. Probably gonna use it for another 3 years.

>> No.8669554

>>8669546
>How long have you had your calculator?
Since high school, so about 10 years

>How long do you think you'll keep using it for?
I haven't used it since junior year of undergrad (this was when my "do problems" math classes ceased, and I started taking classes like analysis).

Nowadays, if I need to compute something, I reach for Mathematica, MATLAB, or even just Wolfram Alpha.

>> No.8669572
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>>8669546
I had a ballin' calculator for a decade. A TI-30X. Stole it from my middle school geometry class. Then I dropped it on some pavement and the LCD cracked. It was like my fucking dog died, man.

>> No.8669592

>>8669546
You specially arranged your calc, pencil and note pad (posed them). Weird!
I bought my first calc when your parents were still pooing themselves: I have decades of learning, experience, wisdom and common sense over you.

>> No.8669608

Got a TI-85 in 1993. Still works. Still use it.

>> No.8669616

>>8669546
I have multiple other devices that can act as a calculator at no additional costs, why would I ever use one?

So:
> 0
> Never
> Undefined

>> No.8669622

>>8669546
have the same but its a fx-991ES PLUS.
its mine for 6 years now and I never changed its battery.
not sure if hes coming to university or will be replaced

>> No.8669625

>>8669572
serves you right

>> No.8669627

hp50g
6 years
for-fucking-ever xD love me sum RPN

>> No.8669629

>>8669546

>have that calculator
>screen broke

CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECES

>> No.8669723

>>8669546
HP48G and HP35s.

once you go RPN you never return.

both models can easily do complex arithmetic in polar and rectangular forms, which is nice

>> No.8669735
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8669735

https://www.desmos.com/calculator

This is the best one

But for tests i use the TI-83 plus. The buttons on the newer Ti's suck.

>> No.8669761

>>8669546
this casio is the shit! I recommend it to all the other nerds in engineering if graphing calculators arent allowed. Gone through two in the past five years

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>>8669546
>mfw my sister lost my 6 year old calculator

>> No.8669943

>>>import scipy

>> No.8669946

>>8669943
sorry i mean;
>>>import numpy as np

>> No.8670096

>>8669625
fuck you my school was rich
they could buy a shitload of calculators

>> No.8670118

>>8670096
THE SKOOL WUZ RICH AND SHEIIT I DINDU NUFFIN BIX NOOD

You should give that school a new calculator, Jamal.

>> No.8670172

>calculator
Why?
It's only useful in shit tier courses that require calculations in the exam. I just use printouts of trigonometric and logarithmic tables

>> No.8670194
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8670194

my teacher stole mine

>> No.8670338

>>8670118
the school was run by jews
they deserved it

>> No.8670360

>>8670338
sure they did tyrone

>> No.8670392

>>8669546
I have the fx-100au plus

had it for less than 1 year, but probably gonna hold onto that baby for life. i just don't need anything else for small quick calculations, and anything more i use a software suite

>> No.8670502

>>8669761
>Gone through two in the past five years
exactly why it's shit

HP35s is easily best if graphing calculators are not allowed.

>> No.8670509

>>8669546

Got a hand-me-down graphing calculator in the 11th grade, used for 5 year in college before it died in the last semester. Changed its batteries once or twice.

>> No.8670514

>>8669546
TI-36x Pro, amazing scientific calc which I've unfortunately had to use less and less frequently over the years. Never had to replace the (solar powered) battery in 4 years of owning it, and it does almost everything I need it to do.

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That face when my autistic brother destroyed my first ever scientific calculator in one of his autistic meltdowns.

Since highschool, we had a lot of exams, quizzes, excercises, and homework done together.

RIP Casio fx-3650p
2005-2014

>> No.8670683

TI 89 titanium
>5 years
>once
>I stopped using it when I realized it had no log button. I threw it in the garbage.

>> No.8670684

>>8669546
Oh gawd... An HP-41C bought in... '81? '82?

I had the rechargeable battery pack, but switched to disposable a couple decades ago. Don't know how many times I've changed them. Couple dozen?

Don't use it much anymore.

>> No.8670755

ti89

6 years
3 years on the first 3 years on the second

gave my brother my 84+ silver my junior year of hs and got that

changed batteries once

2 years more, but I've been using matlab to do calculations more and more