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In France, where I live, CAS functionality is allowed, and the non-CAS Nspire, whose math functionality is roughly equivalent to that of the cheaper, more programmable and highly popular 83+(SE)/84+(SE), is hard to find in stores. People stick to the programmable and once popular TI-68k series... or buy the overpriced CAS Nspires and help the profit margin of TI and distributors.
Are the 68k really so much better programmable?
Seriously... four years and a half after its introduction, the Nspire series has unbelievably few programs ! At the end of the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s, programmability was an integral part of the success of TI's calculators in the marketplace. Nowadays, TI listens to teachers and test regulations - making their machines less powerful, less versatile, and less desirable in the process.
TI doesn't need to make programming easy, teachers will tell their students to buy a calc anyway
and a "better" screen (non-cx)