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TI-84 Plus CE (Color Edition) is on sale this week for $99.99 at Target. This calculator is available from Target in 4 colors:
Blue:
https://www.target.com/p/texas-in...nk=sametab
Red:
https://www.target.com/p/texas-in...nk=sametab
White:
https://www.target.com/p/texas-in...nk=sametab
Black:
https://www.target.com/p/texas-instruments-84-ce-graphing-calculator-black/-/A-82545755#lnk=sametab [target.com]
Please note that TI has stopped making the graphing calculator in pink. You can still find a few of those on amazon or ebay but for a premium price.
These calculators are required in every high school in America, even though we all know they are overpriced and not more useful than a $10 calculator in everyday life.
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Is the era of the $100+ graphing calculator coming to an end? [thehustle.co]
Porting isn't really that big of a problem, and the math operations that thing does are so simple I'm not even sure if there's need to optimize anything unless they use totally outdated processors from like the 80s.
Sounds to me more about everything else (monopoly, behind the scene stuff, etc) than technological reasons to me.
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But I am worried if my son gets to school and it's dead then what or if in a year or two the battery won't hold a charge. The old Ti-84 plus you just pop in new AAA and your done good for decades to come.
I am also worried if teachers only know the old (2005) Ti-84 Plus to help kids, so when they see this CE addition will it blow their minds?
Hopping this calculator is the right choice vs the old basic TI-84.
BTW great price, get it now. My school requires it for 8th grade. But with COVID last year it was not required. So in my area there will be two grades looking for them, twice the demand.
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Here's a now seven year old article delving into the TI calculator monopoly: https://www.washingtonp
Not much has changed since this was written, other than TI adding color screens, rechargeable batteries and newer flash memory.
Thanks,
-Guru
But I am worried if my son gets to school and it's dead then what or if in a year or two the battery won't hold a charge. The old Ti-84 plus you just pop in new AAA and your done good for decades to come.
I am also worried if teachers only know the old (2005) Ti-84 Plus to help kids, so when they see this CE addition will it blow their minds?
Hopping this calculator is the right choice vs the old basic TI-84.
BTW great price, get it now. My school requires it for 8th grade. But with COVID last year it was not required. So in my area there will be two grades looking for them, twice the demand.
It is the right choice. Better clarity screen, graphs look much better and easier to navigate. Easier to upload programs people have made. Also the battery always last me 2 or 3 months before I had to recharge. And that was with playing pacman on it in between class. It's a great device. It has a battery indicator and once it goes into the red you probably get another 10 days of use out of it so you have plenty of time to plan a charge session.
Thanks,
-Guru
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I'm sure they lobbied for these things to stay in our education system so that they can keep milking this decades-old technology.
But I am worried if my son gets to school and it's dead then what or if in a year or two the battery won't hold a charge. The old Ti-84 plus you just pop in new AAA and your done good for decades to come.
I am also worried if teachers only know the old (2005) Ti-84 Plus to help kids, so when they see this CE addition will it blow their minds?
Hopping this calculator is the right choice vs the old basic TI-84.
BTW great price, get it now. My school requires it for 8th grade. But with COVID last year it was not required. So in my area there will be two grades looking for them, twice the demand.
The only downside to the CE is that you have to remember to charge it before exams. No option of spare batteries in your pencil case.
I just like how someone woke up this morning and decided they needed to simp for a giant calculator monopoly using baseless technical bullshit to do so.
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Is the era of the $100+ graphing calculator coming to an end? [thehustle.co]