I am thinking of buying TI 89, but found out that there are 4 versions of TI 89.
TI 89 and TI 89 titanium, and TI 89 has HW1 & HW2
TI 89 Titanium has HW3 & HW4
I was wondering which one is the best, in terms of coding/games available, and compatible.
It seems like some TI 89T is not compatible with assembly games, and also there is the patch and stuff, but I would like to know for sure before i go out and buy one ^^

I don't think he will quit programing on 83+s, but he just wants another calc.  I'm that way. I asked for an 86 for Christmas.

Also I got a 89T and did not like to program much on it to be honest. I only really use it to play games lol

really? I thought it would be awesome, with its ability to use pop-up things and BASIC sprite drawings and such. And there are pretty good BASIC games at ti-calc. so i was like, OMG i so want that! Anyway, even if i might not program on it, i still want the calculator, for the gaming experience and math

I think there are barely anymore BASIC programmers for the 68k now too. Most people jumps straight to 68k C. Actually, BASIC on the 89 is better structured than on 83+, but since it's harder and not much faster, people don't find it worth learning when there's something just slightly harder but much more faster.

as far as i know it only supports C, no C++ at this point

Actually, BASIC on the 89 is better structured than on 83+, but since it's harder and not much faster, people don't find it worth learning when there's something just slightly harder but much more faster.

I thought the hardware was faster in TI 89 than TI 84. Well, and i did try to learn C++ but failed i always fail trying to learn computer language.
I want to take computer programming in college tho as a minor

In my opinion, I found that 89 basic isn't harder than 83 basic, it's different.

If you've had an 83 for five years and then move up to the 89 thinking that you can program it just like an 83, you're going to run into issues. I know I did moving from the 85 to 92.

Top 10 Big mistakes that 83/86 -> 89/92 users make:
1 ) use output. Don't. Pxltext does the same thing with the same coordinates and you can show pictures to boot.
2 ) Never check dialogs with OK variable. OK tells the program if you canceled the dialog box or not. half of the games in the ticalc.org 89 basic archive I can crash simply by hitting esc at a dialog box.
3 ) bounds check using if statements. You can do it in one line using min( and max(
4 ) Use Labels. you're better off not using them, of course that's true with any language 83 or otherwise
5 ) Dump everything into one program. 89's hate this. split up repetitive code and code you only use once into subprograms.
6 ) Never use local variables. if it's a simple variable that's only used for that one subroutine, you should local it so it doesn't eat valuable variable space.
7 ) never use matrices or use them for only numbers. They can also store strings directly unlike 83/86 and you can name them like variables.
8 ) avoid pictures. you can have as many as your want, you can put them anywhere on the screen and size them. so why not use them as sprites?
9 ) never set mode or graph settings. One wrong setting will crash your program and you can never count on one calc's setting to be the same as yours.
10 ) never use indirection. #( is easily the most powerful command on the 89. Not using it to your advantage is asking for pain.