At least the case is better, though a bit bigger

EDIT: Hey, you're right, qazz. TI seems lazier than ever before. If TI's not locking down the Nspire on purpose, they're claiming that they'll be adding in BASIC features in future OS editions (I think one of the replies posted here said something to that effect). In other words, they're too lazy to do it now.

Also:

1999 - TI releases TI-83 Plus. Very different from the TI-83, but same model number.
2004 - TI releases TI-84 Plus. Hardly any changes at all (especially when compared to the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition). Just a new case and a totally different model number.

At least the case is better, though a bit bigger

EDIT: Hey, you're right, qazz. TI seems lazier than ever before. If TI's not locking down the Nspire on purpose, they're claiming that they'll be adding in BASIC features in future OS editions (I think one of the replies posted here said something to that effect). In other words, they're too lazy to do it now.

Also:

1999 - TI releases TI-83 Plus. Very different from the TI-83, but same model number.
2004 - TI releases TI-84 Plus. Hardly any changes at all (especially when compared to the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition). Just a new case and a totally different model number.

To clarify, the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition came out in early 2001. I think it is the TI graphing calc that was sold for the smallest amount of time so far.

man I want a TI-83+SE

Man, they're awesome, but if you have an 84+SE you're not missing much.

Also some older SE's seems to break only after a few years...

any reason? b/c I'm getting a ti83+ se for winning cemetech contest #7.

Not sure why. Probably poor production or something. When bending the calc a little you hear the plastic squeeze slightly and there's a small space between both parts of the case in the middle. In the past I heard a bunch of people ending up with LCD issues after 3 years of use.

In my case after 5-6 years I ended up with battery power problem, causing the batteries to be drained even when the calc is turned OFF, like if a program was running non-stop still.

Wow. About the crack when you bend it, maybe it's the shiny paint...

Quote from: qazz42 on September 16, 2010, 06:10:25 pm

man I want a TI-83+SE

Man, they're awesome, but if you have an 84+SE you're not missing much.

the TI-83+SE'S have RAM PAGES! Extra at that!

For some reasons, I believe they did this to lure TI-85/86 and Casio calc users. Those calcs only have such menus, no menu like on OS 2.43. Having both type of menus at once may accomodate Casio users while still letting people who had a 84+ for a while use the old 83+ style menus.

That's quite interesting. I never thought of it that way. TI 84/83's aren't exactly known for their userfriendly placements of stuff.
Casio on the other hand does it so much better imo.

it's cool to be able to see the screen when selecting menu options.

That's why TI-85/86 menus were great!