![]() I guess us HP-types wish everyone would get a chance to try out the Prime (and other historical models) so they could see the difference. TI was smarter at marketing in the 80s and went after the education market which makes them the biggest competitor. I suppose there is a bit of defensiveness, probably stemming from having knowledge of amazing tools that almost no one else uses. Lol, the HP community is mostly old farts at this point, including me. The HP Museum has some as well, but it looks like you already found those. It's a relatively big repository, though some titles are Spanish language. HPPPL is a fine calculator language and the Python implementation on the Prime is good too.Ĭheck the programs available at HP Calc for more programs for the Prime. Just because there's not a webpage full of programs out there? HP folks program what they need for their situation and don't generally feel a big need to publish it because they expect other people can do the same thing just as well. I'm not sure why you feel the Prime's programming support is subpar. And the Prime has plenty of support for that. Knowing how to build the right tools for the job on the spot distinguishes you from other folks that just follow recipes. Having a ready-made program that's perfect for your current studies is convenient in the short term, but you're going to encounter professional situations that don't fit into the box of your ready-made tools. However, the HP crowd - much like the old-school UNIX crowd in the OS world - promotes a tool-building culture. Don't underestimate their collective knowledge. But I will say that there are some very, very accomplished people on the Museum forums. I'm a HS teacher and not an electrical engineer, so I'm not qualified to comment directly on your questions. What is up with the HP calculator community, more specifically the HP Museum Forums? They seem bizarrely insecure and defensive about it. I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts/experiences.Īddendum: What is up with the HP calculator community, more specifically the HP Musem Forums? They seem bizarrely insecure and defensive about it. This one feels like it has a lot of wasted potential with its hardware, as you could probably do some pretty neat EE visualizations and calculations with it. I don’t particularly feel like writing my own programs and even if I did, it appears to have the worst programming support out of the three. Nothing like the whole suite of equations available for the TIs. Maybe I’m not looking in the right place, but I cannot seem to find anything other than a pretty basic collection of equations. But, it has almost no electrical engineering focused software available. I was initially in love with this one due to its faster processor, touchscreen, and UI. The Prime has the best hardware and UI out of all three. The document based system also looks annoying to use, as it constantly creates new documents that you have to delete later. Its button layout is badly laid out and the touchpad looks terrible to use. The Nspire is the most expensive calculator and has terrible hardware considering its price (~$150). I haven't had the chance to compare the two on an emulator, but the EE* PRO looks to be more fully-featured. The FormulaPro program exists for the Nspire, and looks to be the modern successor of EE* PRO. But I’ve read posts that TI has now locked their Student Software behind a subscription service? Though I can’t find anything on their website about it. The Nspire has pretty good software support and was recently updated in 2019 with the CXII. But, the calculator is nearly 20 years old and pretty outdated with its clunky size and low-resolution screen. ![]() AFAIK, no other calculator has a comparable program suite. The program has everything I need for my studies and. The TI-89 Ti looks like the most appealing of them all due to its cheap cost ($50-60, secondhand) and due to the amazing EE* PRO program it has. I was hoping to hear people’s experiences/opinions. I'm currently debating between the TI-89 Titanium, the TI-Nspire CXII CAS, and the HP Prime, but they all have some drawbacks. I'm an electrical engineering student and would prefer a calculator which has programs that can perform all the calculations necessary for classes such as controls, power systems, electronics. After suffering through Laplace transform partial fractions, I am in need of a CAS calculator. I currently own a TI-84 CE and have used it for the last couple of years.
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