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would go for the 84SE. Bigger community, more prgms, more fun

Firsteval there is this TI-84+SE which costs 40€ (53$)
SEcondly there is this Casoi Graph85SD which also costs 40€ (53$)

I'm embarrassed because I don't know which is the best one, and as I saw in a few source codes in my maths book, Casio Basic is easy to learn....
Of course, as ScoutDavid told me, this is very cheap, but the problem is the choice between one of these calcs 

Well, the answer here is usual: "it depends". Do you really think they will be selling for the same price if one is clearly superior?

First of all: noone will even be able to say which calculator has more memory!

With flash it's no contest: TI-84+SE has only 2MB of flash, but 9860G SD (I'll use international name) compensates it's 1.5MB with SD slot! You can add gigabyte or two for cheap!

With RAM... it's coin toss. If it's used TI-84+SE then there are probably 128K of RAM (more then 64K in 9860G SD), but if it's new then it only has 48K (see here).

Screen: it's 128x64 for 9860G SD vs 96x64 for TI-84+SE.

CPU: 29MHz SH3 in 9860G SD vs 15MHz z80 in TI-84+SE.

Programming: C (but probably not C++) with GCC for 9860G SD vs Asm (plus other homebrew languages like Axe parser) for TI-84+SE.

Community: this is huge selling point for TI-84+SE: Casio is less popular BY FAR.

So in the end it's up to you to decide - noone can answer the question "which one is the best" because both have pluses and minuses.

Quote from: rayquaza59 on November 27, 2010, 10:52:28 am

Firsteval there is this TI-84+SE which costs 40€ (53$)
SEcondly there is this Casoi Graph85SD which also costs 40€ (53$)

I'm embarrassed because I don't know which is the best one, and as I saw in a few source codes in my maths book, Casio Basic is easy to learn....
Of course, as ScoutDavid told me, this is very cheap, but the problem is the choice between one of these calcs 

Well, the answer here is usual: "it depends". Do you really think they will be selling for the same price if one is clearly superior?

First of all: noone will even be able to say which calculator has more memory!

With flash it's no contest: TI-84+SE has only 2MB of flash, but 9860G SD (I'll use international name) compensates it's 1.5MB with SD slot! You can add gigabyte or two for cheap!

With RAM... it's coin toss. If it's used TI-84+SE then there are probably 128K of RAM (more then 64K in 9860G SD), but if it's new then it only has 48K (see here).

Screen: it's 128x64 for 9860G SD vs 96x64 for TI-84+SE.

CPU: 29MHz SH3 in 9860G SD vs 15MHz z80 in TI-84+SE.

Programming: C (but probably not C++) with GCC for 9860G SD vs Asm (plus other homebrew languages like Axe parser) for TI-84+SE.

Community: this is huge selling point for TI-84+SE: Casio is less popular BY FAR.

So in the end it's up to you to decide - noone can answer the question "which one is the best" because both have pluses and minuses.

ok, but on this website, some people
1. don't know how much it costs IRL
2. are unconscious

si I still hesistate. I plan to study engineering (electronics) in the future, which one is the best (for this)??

I would take the TI-84, but if it was a nspire vs prizm then I would say the Prizm


EDIT: Hey, no double posting

my teacher has a HP calc, which he never uses =p

Even worse, I'm the only person in my class to be able to program on calcs, everyvody using a TI-89 don't even know how to use it

my teacher has a HP calc, which he never uses =p

Even worse, I'm the only person in my class to be able to program on calcs, everyvody using a TI-89 don't even know how to use it

LOL. It's still up to you: if we are discussing calculators itself, then Casio is slightly better, but then there are more programs for TI-84+SE. Think CAS. 9860G sure looks nice, but there are more CAS-related programs here - even if they are not as nice.

Whoat? HP Calculator? didn't even know about them.

They are rarity in schools. More powerful then both CASIO and TI, but their learning curve is really step and manuals are quite hard to understand - but Surveying industry uses pretty much HP and nothing else (well, there are specialized hardware devices too).