Re: HP Graphing Calculators

[James Mackey <Jmackey@SUN1.HU.EDU>]

I don't know about the HP49. I always preferred the RPN notation that HPs used.
However, because of cost I use a CASIO Algebra FX 2.0 which has far more
functionality than I will ever use or need. It is also fairly easy to use since
it is menu driven. I have a TI-85 in a desk drawer that I gave up trying to
use. It's command structure was very arcane and non-intuitive to me. Using one
sporadically, I could never remember how to do things from one time till the
next. When I work problems in class I usually grab an old CASIO fx-300V or a
nameless Japanese calculator I  got somewhere which has no name on it.
James Mackey

Larry Smith wrote:

> I hope this is closely related enough to physics to be appropriate here.
>
> Engineers love HP calculators, other disciplines love their TI's.  I've
> always thought that physicists loved HP, but maybe a quick little poll on
> this list would be interesting.  Which brand do you use?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Larry
>
> P.S. I do tell my students that most serious calculations get done on
> computers these days rather than hand-held calculators.