tegwin
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| posted on 13/8/10 at 05:43 PM |
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OT Graphical calculators
I know we have a lot of learned people here, so after some advice really..
After quite a lot of gap years I am off to uni in Sept..
Doing Civil engineering. On the joining instructions it says that I will require a scientific graphical calculator.
They recomend the Texas instruments TI-83.
The tI-83 was released in 1999 and is therefore "old tech"...
My question is, should I go for the latest TI graphical calc, or go for one of the older more "basic" ones?
I know the new ones have higher resolution greyscale screens, more memory etc... the top of the range one can even do quadratics and 3D graphs...
If I am going to invest in tech I want it to be futureproof.... but I also realise that there is no point in having a sledgehammer when all I want to
do is crack a nut...
Can anyone recomend what to get?
[Edited on 13/8/10 by tegwin]
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mcerd1
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| posted on 13/8/10 at 05:51 PM |
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I'd go for the basic one myself - it'll take ages to learn how to use the fancy stuff (you can always use mathcad on the PC for complex
stuff outside of the exams)
things must have changed a bit since I was at uni (99 - 03) we were recommended a basic casio scientific one and even then we couldn't take our
own ones into the exams (they provided a recommeded one at each desk)
infact 7 years of structural design later and I still only use a basic casio 
and at £7 you can't beat them, FX-85 should be about right (you could even get one aswell as graphic one)
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 13/8/10 at 05:53 PM |
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Me too. The most basic ones are still functional and future proof.
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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tegwin
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| posted on 13/8/10 at 06:01 PM |
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It doesnt mention on the paperwork if they will be "exam proof"... I suspect not...
Who knows... hmm...
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beagley
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| posted on 13/8/10 at 06:14 PM |
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I recently went back and took Calculus 2 and my ti-82 from 1997 was still able to handle anything I threw at it. I would guess that the ti-83 would
be ample for what you need.
Beags
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