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Calculator Community => TI Calculators => General Calculator Help => Topic started by: Happybobjr on July 29, 2010, 06:52:28 pm
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Ok the nspire has been looking alot more favorable compared to how it used to, to me.
with all the junk about os 2.1 i would like opinions and everything from everyone.
Nspire or Nspire CAS????
Touchpad or Clickpad???
New or Used???
thanks all.
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If you want 84+ emulation, get the regular Nspire/Nspire Touchpad.
Try to get the clickpad as much as possible, so you can use Ndless earlier, but if you don't mind waiting, you could always get the Touchpad instead.
New or Used doesn't matter, but check the seller reputation. If he only has like 50 sales and doesn't even have 98% or higher, avoid. Also AVOID recycling companies at all costs! They don't test the stuff they sell to see if it still works.
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I would reccomend the Non CAS, but the decision on clickpad/touchpad dosen't really matter. Just go with the cheapest one you can find then spend an extra $10 to either buy the touchpad for the clickpad or the clickpad for the touchpad. The only reason I would reccomend getting the original light blue one is because that is the only color you can get the clickpad in and it would look strange in the new dark blue one. Using Nleash, you can downgrade either of them to 1.1 provided that you own a clickpad. Gook luck with your Nspire purchase and feel free to ask if you have any more questions! :)
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how about the life of a calculator?
lcd's will slowly weaken also the memory itself will go bad eventually. and hardware as i/o ports.
should i wory about this if i am getting a used one?
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Not really, unless it is somehow a 10-year-old prototype. :P
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Non-CAS clickpad has the most hardware, plus immediate Ndless compatibility. I recommend it.
Inevitably, some day the CAS OS will be thrown onto the non-CAS, and then CAS owners will be sad that they have no special keypad.
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One concern I have about the older Nspires, especially the CAS: will newer OSes eventually break compatibility with these old models? For some reasons, with what TI does sometimes I am a bit worried x.x
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Well, OS 1.7/2.0 should last you a while, at least for math purposes.
By the time TI adds proper graphics and I/O commands to Nspire BASIC, we'll probably have Axe ported to the Nspire :P
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Lol that would RULE. I think if this happens, the same syntax should be used, or something very close.
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Many college classes don't allow calculators with symbolic manipulation. The CAS is one of those calculators. Yet another reason to purchase a non-CAS nspire :)
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1 Non-CAS
2 Clickpad
3 Buy it now or else you will explode!
4 I recomend a used one because it might not have the power management bug the newer ones have
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Yeah, I'd also say a non-CAS Nspire, and preferably Touchpad (probably more future-proof). It also means that you cannot currently easily use OS 1.1 and Ndless 1, but Ndless 2 will eventually come.
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I would recommend getting a clickpad non-cas because:
A. (Only if it's used for school) Teachers who haven't heard about nspires will be wary of letting you use it on a test, but they're fine with the 84 mode.
B. Ndless works on clickpads.
C. Ndless programs need the clickpad, so unless you want to convert keymappings yourself to the touchpad when ndless 2 comes out, yeah...
D. You can always by the touchpad keypad separately.
E. I personally think the clickpad would be bettern for gaming.
F. TI doesn't make clickpad calcs anymore, so you won't get some new evil downgrade protection :)
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Oh, we can get the touchpad seperatly?, I want it now
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Yeah, we can. It also seems like we can order the clickpad keypad separately too.
http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/productDetail/us_nspire_keypads.html (http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/productDetail/us_nspire_keypads.html)
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Ok, that is cool, there is a touchpad designed for the clickpad nspire YAY, too bad it has the same OS limitations ;.;
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I was tempted to get a Touchpad at one point, but seeing as I only ever use my Nspire in 84+ mode except maybe if I install Ndless, I'm not too sure anymore if I'll buy another keypad.
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Just bought a non-cas clickpad nspire! hope its worth it!
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Congrats on your purchase! :)
I hope you enjoy your Nspire!!!
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thanks now we wait for a responce from ti
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I edited a spelling error in the topic title. I didn't felt like editing every post subject, though
I'm glad you got your calc btw
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Enjoy your new calc! :)
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I edited a spelling error in the topic title. I didn't felt like editing every post subject, though
I'm glad you got your calc btw
thanks. the backspace button has major issues on this keyboard. although i suppose i could back up and use insert :P oh well. thanks
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No problem :P