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expiredBeigeStew7045 posted Jul 18, 2021 12:34 PM

Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE Color Graphing Calculator (various colors)

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Target has Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE Color Graphing Calculator (various colors) on sale for $99.99. Shipping is free.

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  • The TI-84 Plus CE makes comprehension of math and science topics quicker and easier. Ideal for middle school through college. The same menu structure and navigation as the TI-84 Plus family make it easy to pick up and learn. The built-in MathPrintâ„¢ feature allows you to input and view math symbols, formulas and stacked fractions exactly as they appear in textbooks.

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    • The Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE Color Graphing Calculator is $50 lower (33% savings) then the list price of $149.99.
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Target has Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE Color Graphing Calculator (various colors) on sale for $99.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member BeigeStew7045 for sharing this deal.

Available Colors:
Product Info:
  • The TI-84 Plus CE makes comprehension of math and science topics quicker and easier. Ideal for middle school through college. The same menu structure and navigation as the TI-84 Plus family make it easy to pick up and learn. The built-in MathPrintâ„¢ feature allows you to input and view math symbols, formulas and stacked fractions exactly as they appear in textbooks.

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  • About this deal:
    • The Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE Color Graphing Calculator is $50 lower (33% savings) then the list price of $149.99.
  • About this store:
    • Target return policy may be found here.

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MadPup
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It's so absurd that these things are still as expensive now as they were nearly 20 years ago when I bought my first one.
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The thing is the libraries and algorithms aren't *still* being optimized and developed over the past 20+ years. They are basically copy and paste the same things over and over and over. There's zero new expense needed other than manufacturing costs, which is probably so dirty cheap now as everything is so underpowered and the screen quality is absolute crap by today's standard.

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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Jul 18, 2021 06:13 PM
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Some absurd arguments being made here. I can buy TI having invested some time in refactoring and optimizing for the TI-84 Plus CE's recent revisions. But that does not explain their now several-decades long stagnant pricing. Simple economics--and an obvious monopoly, driven in no small part by curriculums and textbooks--does.

Here's a now seven year old article delving into the TI calculator monopoly: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ne...lassrooms/

Not much has changed since this was written, other than TI adding color screens, rechargeable batteries and newer flash memory.
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Unfortunately I need to buy one of these this year. Is this a good price or should I holdout for a better deal? Anyone have any insight into the situation?

Thanks,

-Guru
In 2015, they went on sale during the summer for $84.99 but since then it has never gone lower than $99.99. You can buy used ones off of ebay or Craigslist but then you have absolutely no warranty and it may not last. Most of the used ones on ebay are the older silver edition models.
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Quote from rolfeskj :
I just got one for my 8th grader. I was not sure of Ti-84 Plus CE vs Ti-84 Plus. With this sale they are basically the same price and this one CE, has a color screen, more memory, more power and a rechargeable batter.

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.
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Unfortunately I need to buy one of these this year. Is this a good price or should I holdout for a better deal? Anyone have any insight into the situation?

Thanks,

-Guru
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ParksideYNCJul 18, 2021 06:45 PM
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This is a very good price! I just bought one at staples last month, the price is $159 with $40 off price adjustments
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justyeJul 18, 2021 06:52 PM
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There are so many used Ti-83s and Ti-84s out there. I wouldn't waste money on a new one unless you're a germophobe. I lost my Ti calculator in college and then just decided to get a used one even though I was against buying used things at the time. I didn't want to deal with losing an expensive item again and there are so many out there because barely anyone uses them after finishing college.
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Quote from ZiLch :
That's been the pitch for years. So long as classrooms and students are under-resourced and high-stakes standardized testing are common if not the norm, they'll still have the monopoly.
I'm sure they lobbied for these things to stay in our education system so that they can keep milking this decades-old technology.
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MikeyMike01Jul 18, 2021 07:03 PM
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Quote from rolfeskj :
I just got one for my 8th grader. I was not sure of Ti-84 Plus CE vs Ti-84 Plus. With this sale they are basically the same price and this one CE, has a color screen, more memory, more power and a rechargeable batter.

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.
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AquaHose9558Jul 18, 2021 07:09 PM
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What games does this come with?
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euuser400074Jul 18, 2021 07:12 PM
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Use target circle 15off 75$...its coming to 90$
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UnoriginalGuyJul 18, 2021 07:24 PM
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Quote from gallymimus :
You also don't understand how fast processor architectures change.
What the heck are you blathering on about? The TI-84 Plus CE this post is about uses the same Zilog Z80 architecture that was in their first graphing calculator, the TI-81 released in 1990. You'd still be wrong if this deal was about their newer ARM9/Nspire graphing calculators, but at least your argument would be coherently-wrong, whereas this is just drooling on your keyboard levels of idiocy.

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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LavenderCrow1542Jul 18, 2021 07:25 PM
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Quote from MadPup :
A cheaper Casio alternative (not color screen) for $38: https://www.amazon.com/Casio-fx-9...B00154GSQA

Is the era of the $100+ graphing calculator coming to an end? [thehustle.co]
Check with your prof before you get one of these. I had a teacher in college trig that taught based on the layout of the TI calcs and if you had a different brand he wouldn't help you if you couldn't figure it out or catch up.
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Quote from ListedGuru :
Unfortunately I need to buy one of these this year. Is this a good price or should I holdout for a better deal? Anyone have any insight into the situation?

Thanks,

-Guru
This is about as good as it gets. You may find it drop $89, but I can't confirm that. I also may be thinking of the non-CE version.

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