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Calculator Community => TI Calculators => General Calculator Help => Topic started by: JamesNewman on May 02, 2013, 03:30:43 pm
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Hi,
I'm looking to buy the TI Nspire CX CAS calculator. I'll be using it in Physics class for graphing and such- not allowed in the exams which are mostly non-calculator. I was going to put formulas/notes in it so I don't need to go back to the textbook each time.
But I've got one question before I take the plunge: can you search your notes? If not, I might be better off getting an older calculator of eBay- physics doesn't need a lot of high end math calculations.
And is there any Windows/Online emulator for the TI Nspire CX? I've found ones for older calculators but not this one. Thanks anyway.
James
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But I've got one question before I take the plunge: can you search your notes?
You cannot search your notes on the calculator. Also, I hope you don’t try to cheat with the notes. :)
And is there any Windows/Online emulator for the TI Nspire CX? I've found ones for older calculators but not this one. Thanks anyway.
If you need an emulator, I would recommend downloading the 30 day trial software (http://education.ti.com/en/us/software/search/ti-nspire-cas) from ti
There is the nspire emulator (http://ourl.ca/9360), but it is harder to use and worse than the software emulator.
physics doesn't need a lot of high end math calculations.
Indeed, even in Physics C, I have barely ever needed to do calculus
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Thanks for the answers.
I'm not planning on cheating- the TI will be mainly for home/class use where we can use textbooks. It will just be easier to put notes on the calculator rather than open the textbook each time. I can't use the TI in exams- I'm in the UK- most of the exams are non-calculator. But, thanks again for all the answers. Really appreciate it!
James
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I just was testing this, because I could have sworn that you could do a a ctrl-F to search, but it turns out that it only works in the program editor, not the notes. This seems to be a bug, though I am not sure if it was designed like that on purpose.
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Well, you indeed can't search, but I foudn myself getting okay with that simply by having separated the differnet topics things in different Notes tabs, and topics in activities.
Simple enough :)
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Thanks.
Also, what does the Student software do? It is worth buying it? Thanks.
James
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The Student Software simulates the nspire thus allowing you to calculate, graph, make documents and more on your computer. A 1-year license for the software comes with the calculator IIRC.
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You can try it for yourself by download the 1-month trial :)
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If you need an emulator, I would recommend downloading the 30 day trial software (http://education.ti.com/en/us/software/search/ti-nspire-cas) from ti
There is the nspire emulator (http://ourl.ca/9360), but it is harder to use and worse than the software emulator.
Forgot about karmTI (http://ourl.ca/16585) ? ;)
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Also, is the TI Nspire 'future-proof'? I mean, will it last for the next 3 years? That's how long I'm planning to use it for. I don't want to spend this much on a calculator and it become outdated in a few months. Thanks.
James
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I'm pretty sure we arrived at a point where the calculators can only get better by merging with smartphones. HP and Casio tend to that by adding a touch-based screen, but seriously how is it going to help you solve this equation, or that integral etc. ?
For what I use/used of my Nspire (and 84+ before), I didn't need any touch input. The math abilities provided built-in or downloadable are 99.99% of the time, more than enough.
So, for me, the Nspire CX (CAS) is probably a nice future-proof investment.
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Also, is the TI Nspire 'future-proof'? I mean, will it last for the next 3 years? That's how long I'm planning to use it for. I don't want to spend this much on a calculator and it become outdated in a few months. Thanks.
As Lionel could say, calcs are already outdated hardware. Even the day they come out they are outdated hardware. Now of course, they aren't outdated among calcs.
So, you wonder if the CX CAS will be outdated in 3 years ? See how long the 83+/84+ lasted ;)
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One more question. Sorry.
Which programming community is bigger? TI NSpire CX or CASIO Prizm? Thanks, again.
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It depends. The Prizm is open to developpement, so there are quite a lot of people trying things on it (most of them being on Cemetech) but the Nspire is more powerful (once jailbroken) so even when there are less people working on it, there are more programs getting out on it. For example, no one could possibly port a GBA emulator on the Prizm. And Prizm people are still wondering about a GBC emu, while it is done since ages on the Nspire. If you want to compare their performances, check out Doom. You can see it run smoothly on the CX CAS (even on the Nspires non CX in fact) while it fails miserably to even lag on the Prizm.