Omnimaga
General Discussion => Other Discussions => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: boot2490 on September 28, 2011, 08:51:22 pm
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So, because of a last minute confusion with back to school purchases, clothes shopping, supply buying, and generous grandparents, long story short, I have gotten the amazing and rare opportunity to get
ONE FREE CALCULATOR (spending at most 20 bucks) Courtesy of Staples.
So, I now pass on the decision to those I trust most with a calculator -
You, Omni.
So, Omni, which Calculator should I get? I want good games and a good programming experience.
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Good programming experience? Upcoming games? Prizm.
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What do you mean spending at most 20 bucks? Does that mean they only pay for up to 20 dollars?
If it's just any calculator for free, I'd recommend an Nspire CX or the version of the Nspire right before that. The CX is in color and doesn't have the keypad connectivity issues previous calcs had, but the version before runs OS 2.
Edit: I noticed the way you spelled Nspire isn't correct. The first letter of Nspire is capitalized, not the second.
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I'd go for the prizm too, its community is only growing and it just keeps getting more and more promising. True, atm there's like 5 playable games out for it, but give it 6 months or so and it'll probably be amazing :D
Second would be the 84, it's prospering as well, and the platform's already "broken in" (so to speak) with a truckload of things to start off with.
@sammymax iirc his parents are paying mostly for it, or he's returning an old one, so he'd only have to pay for part of it and/or the difference
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I see that the 84 has the best games and community atm, (wiith the Prism and nSpire closing in) but the only reason I am hesitant not to just get it is because I already have an 83+ BE. It is much better, but I don't want to be missing something.
The PRISM and nSpire are looking more and more promising, though.
P.S.
The deal is, I already have a TI 84+ SE that I don't need. I would have to only pay half of the difference to upgrade, and my parents are chipping in.
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The problem with the slow progression of the Prizm is that a *lot* of people here own one, but few actually program for it :/ not that many people actually make good use of it. The more actual Prizm users, the batter, you'd be a fine addition.
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- TI-84 Plus: Great for programming because so many people use it, and because there's Axe and so much more awesomeness already around us.
- TI-89 Titanium: Its math system is better than on an Nspire (in my opinion), and its version of TI-BASIC is by far the best for game design (with native sprite support and such). Unfortunately, the 68K calculator community has shrunk in the past few years.
- Casio Prizm: Jailbroken, color screen, and a lot of other things make it great for development. Its userbase still isn't nearly as big as for the Nspires, but it's pretty big around here.
- TI-Nspire: Programs for the Nspire series are sure to have a sizable audience into the future, what with what's essentially a monopoly over the graphing calculator industry and such.
Hope that helps.
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The 84+SE is the one that's the best right now, but since the 83+ is so similar, a Prizm might be better, especially since it's going to get much better in the future.
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Epic that action. Take the 84
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Take the FX-9750GII if you only have 20 buck!
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I just don't know. Too many pros and cons. I'll let the polls stack up for a while.
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84+ SE is the way to go. :)
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For the dev reason, I think Prizm is way to go. Color, good dev going on, everything.
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TI 89 FTW!
I think it's one of the best calculators of TI.
Just check this out: http://www.ticalc.org/pub/89/asm/games/rate.html :w00t:
It IS sadly enough true that there aren't many 68k programmer out there. But programming in Ti-basic is very good. Much better than the crippled Ti-basic of the nspire.(Ofcourse they now have Lua).
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oh noes! Stefan is evil!
*Yeong pushes off Stefan off the bridge before he can do anything evil
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Just check this out: http://www.ticalc.org/pub/89/asm/games/rate.html :w00t:
I never realized you could list ticalc.org programs by rating!But programming in Ti-basic is very good. Much better than the crippled Ti-basic of the nspire.(Ofcourse they now have Lua).
It is. Almost like TI acknowledged the game designers for the TI-89 O.O
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I would say the Nspire, but mainly because I'm a Lua freak.
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I think I am going to keep my TI 84 + SE, and sell my TI 83 + to pay towards a PRIZM.
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I guess the reason the Ti-89 had only one vote(by me :D) was because hardly anybody owns one. I guess a PRIZM is in many ways better, but if you ever own a ti-89, you'll know why I voted for it ;)
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Since you already have a Z80 calc. I'd recommend the Prizm. The TI-89 is a really nice calc., but it's not nearly as popular as it used to be, and TI seem hellbent on *trying* to locking down the nSpire.