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Re: Should I get a nspire?
« Reply #30 on: January 07, 2012, 12:27:13 pm »
the cx' buttons suck.. really, they are so annoying, you don't feel like "i just pushed a button" when you push a button, which you have with the 84+

the touchpad isn't good either, it gets activated when you don't need it, but when you need it, you can sit there moving you finger over the touchpad in all possible ways, but the mouse won't appear xs

but i like the OS's layout, it's really good imo, it's very light-weight, and the screen is good..
lua is developping, but don't count to much on ndless, since it might be broken up with the same OS update the lua gets improved, so it might be a choice between a better lua interpreter, or ndless.. a hard choice, for which i probably make the decision towards the lua

that's it i think :)
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Re: Should I get a nspire?
« Reply #31 on: January 07, 2012, 12:34:27 pm »
wow, i must have got a realy good CX then :)
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Re: Should I get a nspire?
« Reply #32 on: January 07, 2012, 12:35:44 pm »
Yeah, all Nspire keyboards suck, both for finger feel / confidence and for typing mixed text + figures.
Letters on the Nspire are tiny - and yet, I have long, thin fingers.
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Re: Should I get a nspire?
« Reply #33 on: January 07, 2012, 12:36:38 pm »
Quote from: Lionel Debroux on January 07, 2012, 12:35:44 pm
Yeah, all Nspire keyboards suck, both for finger feel / confidence and for typing mixed text + figures.
Letters on the Nspire are tiny - and yet, I have long, thin fingers.
I got used to it, and now I'm don't think it's bad :)
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Re: Should I get a nspire?
« Reply #34 on: January 07, 2012, 12:38:32 pm »
i dont know, ive never had any problems with the keyboard
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Re: Should I get a nspire?
« Reply #35 on: January 07, 2012, 12:49:21 pm »
i'm not saying i'm having troubles with it, you get used to it, but still it isn't the oldschool fashioned way like the 84+..
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Re: Should I get a nspire?
« Reply #36 on: January 07, 2012, 01:04:44 pm »
I got my CX for €60 but that was due a sale for math teachers and I luckily know one very well :P. I haven't got a CAS because I can't use it on my math exams.
I have the calc in use since the beginning of this schoolyear and so far I am really pleased with it :). for games it's really fun to play in colour and most of the games I played were well made. one thing I really like are the different colours used while plotting graphs so it's very easy to see what formula goes with what graph.

pro's
colour
use of shortcuts like ctr + c
simply typing certain functions like : ans ,tan etc
document tree structure (OS 3.0 i think)
about 100 mb free space (loads in calc community)

con's
the keys might not suit you (although i have had no problems at all)
touchpad isn't great
click's are based on touch on the touchpad
expensive

that's about it what i can think of
@epic why it isn't listed on the ti chart for use in algebra because the calc does what the student needs to do himself most of the times(without the use of a calc).
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Re: Should I get a nspire?
« Reply #37 on: January 07, 2012, 01:07:23 pm »
CAS calcs can do calculus operations ie. Derivatives, integrals, as well as solve complex algebraic ones.

Solve(x+15-y^2+32x^2=z+15,y) returns y=sqrt(-z+x+32x^2)

Oh, and Kjeiddy doc trees have always been available in the nspire.
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Re: Should I get a nspire?
« Reply #38 on: January 07, 2012, 01:08:30 pm »
my teacher kind of pushes the "do it yourself stuff", at least in the easy chapters and if your in algebra 2 you should be able to.
we use them more frequently now tho since we are getting into the harder stuff...
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Re: Should I get a nspire?
« Reply #39 on: January 07, 2012, 01:12:10 pm »
@Kjelddy you can choose to ste it on a real click, or on a touch..

and for that usage in class i'm lucky :) my teachers can't work with it, and i have to show them the functions and usage of it..
maybe you've seen it or not, but in the download section there's a program i made for reflection of light (physics)
so i had a question about the lesson and went to the teacher with that program running to show him what was my problem.
when i showed it he was like Ö and it took wuite a while before he started answering because he was fascinated about the fact that what i made was possible with that calc..

The teacher didn't even know... Ö
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Re: Should I get a nspire?
« Reply #40 on: January 07, 2012, 01:15:53 pm »
i know! when i first got my Nspire he couldnt realy help me with it, but that was a few years ago now and he seems to know alot more about them
EDIT: i dont think he knows i program
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Re: Should I get a nspire?
« Reply #41 on: January 07, 2012, 01:25:31 pm »
Our school has mandated that everybody in all higher math starting with Algebra II, get a Nspire CX CAS. That's how I got mine, but I still use my 84 in math. The Nspire is very slow for typing things especially for pretty experienced 84 users. Pressing buttons to find tan or pi or other symbols is not fun. The touchpad sensitivity is on the whole very bad.

Don't get me wrong. I still love the Nspire! Programming/Gaming ftw!  :D
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Re: Should I get a nspire?
« Reply #42 on: January 07, 2012, 01:30:06 pm »
when i got my clickpad i started with teh 84+ keypad and used it quite a bit, i didnt have to much trouble switching over to the clickpad tho, and i didnt have much trouble switching to the touchpad, its sensitivity is kinda high tho
and an Nspire can be intimidating, everyone else in my class thinks its so complex and so hard to use, when it is actualy prety easy...
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Re: Should I get a nspire?
« Reply #43 on: January 10, 2012, 05:47:54 am »
A nspire(cx) is a nice calculator. And with ndless comming(soon?) out you'll be able to play doom and other C programs. Lua is fun too. And the color is too. :D
It is true that the 89 has more programs(very cool ones too(even DOOM 89) ) but it's community is atm still kinda dead. Although I and some other people try to help it by making programs for it. :P Both are nice calcs. But I have for sure to agree that a(second hand) 89 can be very cheap. I bought one on a 2nd hand site one(but it was brand new anyway) for 26 euro!(included shipping).

Anyway, you might wanna read this: http://ourl.ca/14134
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Re: Should I get a nspire?
« Reply #44 on: March 08, 2012, 09:57:09 pm »
I got a TI-Nspire CX CAS on Amazon for about $150. Plus, it was being sold by Amazon. I love getting good deals.  :)
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