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Re: A choice to make between a Casio and a TI
« Reply #60 on: December 05, 2010, 05:18:59 am »
No, the CAS has no 84+ emulation. On the Clickpad the keypad isn't detachable. On the Touchpad it can be inserted but it won't connect very well and it won't work in 84+ mode since the CAS OS lacks 84+ emulation.

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Re: A choice to make between a Casio and a TI
« Reply #61 on: December 05, 2010, 05:20:26 am »
so I need to get the TI-Nspire which is the simple one, not the CAS.. ?



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Re: A choice to make between a Casio and a TI
« Reply #62 on: December 05, 2010, 05:58:11 am »
About the price though: Here in the US, the Nspire is still more expensive than the 84+.
Actually, they are about the same: Ti-nspire is $126.98 while TI-84+SE is $129.47. This is funny since objectively speaking Ti-nspire is more capable... but more cumbersome, too.

I guess the task #1 for TI now is to make sure next generation of school books will feature TI-Nspire prominently - then it can raise the price again (look on "list price" on the same Amazon pages... you'll be suprised).

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Re: A choice to make between a Casio and a TI
« Reply #63 on: December 05, 2010, 03:11:54 pm »
My guess is that the Nspire prices are lower because they don't sell well. I wouldn't be surprised if there was worth to mouth stuff going on between students who see higher grade students playing games on their 83+ but almost no one playing any on their Nspire or hearing that the Nspire is much harder to use, then the next year they decided to go for the 83+ instead.

Over here for a while, a 84+SE costed more than a TI-Nspire, even if with the Nspire you had a 84+SE keypad for free.
so I need to get the TI-Nspire which is the simple one, not the CAS.. ?
If you want 84+ emulation, get the regular one.
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Re: A choice to make between a Casio and a TI
« Reply #64 on: December 05, 2010, 03:13:28 pm »
About the price though: Here in the US, the Nspire is still more expensive than the 84+.
Actually, they are about the same: Ti-nspire is $126.98 while TI-84+SE is $129.47. This is funny since objectively speaking Ti-nspire is more capable... but more cumbersome, too.

When I saw the price, the 84+ was $125 and the Nspire was $136.
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Re: A choice to make between a Casio and a TI
« Reply #65 on: December 05, 2010, 09:15:57 pm »
I wonder how does a 84+SE costs where you live? Over here right now the 84+SE is $177 and the Nspire $185 but the Nspire used to be $160 and I saw 84+SE calcs for $168 a few times.
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Re: A choice to make between a Casio and a TI
« Reply #66 on: December 07, 2010, 12:18:09 pm »
the TI-84+ costs 122€ in "supermarket A" and 109€ in "supermarket B"....

But.... too late --' my father send the cheque for the TI-Nspire CAS. I'll just have to learn the C language..... and the ARM ASM :/

[edit]the seller bought it for school in September, but his school wants him to buy a Casio.... does this mean a TI-84 keypad is present??? [/edit]
« Last Edit: December 07, 2010, 12:19:04 pm by rayquaza59 »



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Re: A choice to make between a Casio and a TI
« Reply #67 on: December 07, 2010, 12:32:27 pm »
I wonder how does a 84+SE costs where you live? Over here right now the 84+SE is $177 and the Nspire $185 but the Nspire used to be $160 and I saw 84+SE calcs for $168 a few times.

About $135 -$140.
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Re: A choice to make between a Casio and a TI
« Reply #68 on: December 07, 2010, 03:53:57 pm »
I see, so barely any difference with the Nspire, then. Kinda like where I live one-two years ago.

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Re: A choice to make between a Casio and a TI
« Reply #69 on: December 07, 2010, 11:25:29 pm »
the TI-84+ costs 122€ in "supermarket A" and 109€ in "supermarket B"....

But.... too late --' my father send the cheque for the TI-Nspire CAS. I'll just have to learn the C language..... and the ARM ASM :/

[edit]the seller bought it for school in September, but his school wants him to buy a Casio.... does this mean a TI-84 keypad is present??? [/edit]
I don't recall the CAS models shipping with 84+ keypads. I believe it was just the original clickpad Nspires that shipped with the 84+ keypads. I'm not 100% sure though...

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Re: A choice to make between a Casio and a TI
« Reply #70 on: December 07, 2010, 11:31:47 pm »
 Yep, CAS has no (built-in) 84+, but calc84 is working on an 83+ emu, as well as an 89 emu.
« Last Edit: December 07, 2010, 11:33:03 pm by willrandship »

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Re: A choice to make between a Casio and a TI
« Reply #71 on: December 07, 2010, 11:55:57 pm »
I thought both of those emulators were unreleased and currently on hold though? :/

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Re: A choice to make between a Casio and a TI
« Reply #72 on: December 08, 2010, 03:27:16 am »
Yeah they're on hold and unreleased. I wonder if he'll resume them...

The CAS had no 84+ emulation.

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Re: A choice to make between a Casio and a TI
« Reply #73 on: December 08, 2010, 05:33:20 am »
That's what I thought, ah well. :/