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Jeremiah Walgren
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Well, I really haven't seen much discussion on this lately in the forums (I'm probably just missing it), so I'm going to start some.
TI's "new" calculators are appearing everywhere. First it was online. Then it was some local stores. Now they seem to be getting everywhere... TI even updated it's online store not too long ago.
What're the thoughts on these that everyone has? Good, bad, benign?
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X1011
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| If if makes the price of the good calcs go down, I don't have a problem with the new ones. |
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Ray Kremer
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| There is no next generation. Just extremely minor upgrades to calculators from the mid 90s. |
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Arcane Wizard
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| Posted: 27 Aug 2004 11:17:46 am Post subject: |
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| Notice how there are quotation marks around the words "next generation." |
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Brazucs
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Ray Kremer wrote: Just extremely minor upgrades to calculators from the mid 90s.
Agreed... and mostly are aesthetic. |
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DarkerLine
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| Posted: 27 Aug 2004 04:30:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Like the TI-83+ "Blue Edition" which is EXACTLY the same as the TI-83+ except for the color. |
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Jeremiah Walgren
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Ray Kremer wrote: There is no next generation. Just extremely minor upgrades to calculators from the mid 90s.
Which is such a shame. I guess having a large share of the market kind of kicks innovation out the door. Why move on to something new when what you have already works? |
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Ray Kremer
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Sir Robin wrote: Like the TI-83+ "Blue Edition" which is EXACTLY the same as the TI-83+ except for the color.
Well, those Target exclusive colored 83+s were pure gimmick.
Jeremiah Walgren wrote: Which is such a shame. I guess having a large share of the market kind of kicks innovation out the door. Why move on to something new when what you have already works?
It's not so much that I think. The teachers won't have it any other way. Allow me to quote from my FAQ:
With the calculators so ingrained into math classrooms, to the point that handouts and whole textbooks revolve around them, it became vital that newly released calculators function exactly as their predecessors had, button by button and menu by menu. This led to the odd juxtaposition that the primary feature of each new calculator is that it has no new features to speak of. Though this was evident as early as the TI-83 Plus, it was driven home by the next updates to the 83 family, the simultaneously released TI-84 Plus and TI-84 Plus Silver Edition. |
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sgm
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Ray Kremer wrote: With the calculators so ingrained into math classrooms, to the point that handouts and whole textbooks revolve around them....
Only too true. My textbook even had a demostration of sine waves using the CBL.
Although the Math 11 book had TI-92 screenshots, which was kind of cool  .
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