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Texas Instruments TI-84 Evo Graphing Calculator (White)
$74
$160
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Amazon has Texas Instruments TI-84 Evo Graphing Calculator (White) for $74. Shipping is free.
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- Icon-based home screen: Popular math tools are front and center for faster, more intuitive navigation
- 3x faster performance: A powerful processor delivers quicker calculations and smoother graphing
- Bigger, clearer graphs: 50% more graphing space makes it easier to see patterns and relationships
- Simplified keypad design: Larger buttons and reduced clutter help you work faster with fewer steps
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- This price is $11.99 lower than the previous Frontpage deal.
- Our research indicates that this offer is $15.99 lower than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $89.99
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Amazon has Texas Instruments TI-84 Evo Graphing Calculator (White) for $74. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Deal Hunter phoinix for finding this deal.
About this Item:
Thanks to Deal Hunter phoinix for finding this deal.
About this Item:
- Icon-based home screen: Popular math tools are front and center for faster, more intuitive navigation
- 3x faster performance: A powerful processor delivers quicker calculations and smoother graphing
- Bigger, clearer graphs: 50% more graphing space makes it easier to see patterns and relationships
- Simplified keypad design: Larger buttons and reduced clutter help you work faster with fewer steps
Editor's Notes
Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff- About this deal:
- This price is $11.99 lower than the previous Frontpage deal.
- Our research indicates that this offer is $15.99 lower than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $89.99
- About this store:
- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
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It seemingly adds two cool features:
More/better graph Points of Interest
USB-C (objectively better than USB-Mini)
But then two of its other "new features" people view negatively (rather than positively):
New graphical home-screen, meaning when you turn-on you cannot uhh calculate without going into a specific mode/app first. There's also no way to change this so that it loads into a specific app instead of the new home-screen at startup.
"Simplified Keypad" meaning keys in textbooks/instructions may no longer exist; and if you're familiar with the old layout you need to re-learn it.
Also because it has moved ecosystems, all the eZ80-based software no longer works/exists. So all the hobbyist stuff people liked to do don't really exist (yet?). Plus some Ti-84 apps/features like Science Tools (periodic table, conversions, probability simulation, Cabri Jr., et al) are still missing.
On top of all this while the Evo is significantly faster hardware wise, currently a lot of software is somehow slower, or at least feels slower. People have speculated Ti rewrote a lot of it from assembly into an easier/cheaper to maintain higher level language and lost a lot of performance in doing so. So the hardware is better, and building the thing is likely cheaper for them, but the end-user hasn't benefited as much as their marketing would have you believe.
So I guess what I am saying is:
If you buy the Evo, at a discount, it is a gamble that Ti fix what can be fixed (startup experience, slower performance, add Science Tools), the community fix some other stuff (i.e.. missing software), and that you can live with the "Simplified Keyboard"/layout issues.
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It seemingly adds two cool features:
But then two of its other "new features" people view negatively (rather than positively):
- New graphical home-screen, meaning when you turn-on you cannot uhh calculate without going into a specific mode/app first. There's also no way to change this so that it loads into a specific app instead of the new home-screen at startup.
- "Simplified Keypad" meaning keys in textbooks/instructions may no longer exist; and if you're familiar with the old layout you need to re-learn it.
Also because it has moved ecosystems, all the eZ80-based software no longer works/exists. So all the hobbyist stuff people liked to do don't really exist (yet?). Plus some Ti-84 apps/features like Science Tools (periodic table, conversions, probability simulation, Cabri Jr., et al) are still missing.On top of all this while the Evo is significantly faster hardware wise, currently a lot of software is somehow slower, or at least feels slower. People have speculated Ti rewrote a lot of it from assembly into an easier/cheaper to maintain higher level language and lost a lot of performance in doing so. So the hardware is better, and building the thing is likely cheaper for them, but the end-user hasn't benefited as much as their marketing would have you believe.
So I guess what I am saying is:
It seemingly adds two cool features:
But then two of its other "new features" people view negatively (rather than positively):
Also because it has moved ecosystems, all the eZ80-based software no longer works/exists. So all the hobbyist stuff people liked to do don't really exist (yet?). Plus some Ti-84 apps/features like Science Tools (periodic table, conversions, probability simulation, Cabri Jr., et al) are still missing.
On top of all this while the Evo is significantly faster hardware wise, currently a lot of software is somehow slower, or at least feels slower. People have speculated Ti rewrote a lot of it from assembly into an easier/cheaper to maintain higher level language and lost a lot of performance in doing so. So the hardware is better, and building the thing is likely cheaper for them, but the end-user hasn't benefited as much as their marketing would have you believe.
So I guess what I am saying is:
The USB-C is nice, but not that big of a deal. The larger screen is appreciated.
Also, this is the newest standard calculator for tests.
I am sure so many people cheat with these calculators. Exam admins are supposed to set calculators to exam mode - I doubt many do.
The USB-C is nice, but not that big of a deal. The larger screen is appreciated.
Also, this is the newest standard calculator for tests.
I am sure so many people cheat with these calculators. Exam admins are supposed to set calculators to exam mode - I doubt many do.
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