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TIfanx1999:
I was in Circuit city earlier today looking at the calculators and this happened to catch my eye. Upon closer inspection I found out that this was a fairly expensive calculator that supported CAS... just like the TI-89. However... this thing is a beast compared to the TI-89 . It has 512k user ram and 2MB archive (no big deal here)but, this sucker has an SD card slot . That is crazy. Like the TI-89 Titanium it also has mini usb, but it also has infared data transfer. How cool is that? Also, while the TI-89 has a 12 MHZ motoralla processor this thing packs a 75 MHZ ARM . This thing retails at 150 USD which is also the same as the TI-89 Titanium. This thing is drop dead sexy, so my question is why don't more people own these ? I'm considering getting one myself. Thoughts?
*edit* (131x80) b&w display vs. TI-89 (160x100) b&w display. So the display is smaller than the TI-89 but larger than that of the TI-86 (128x64) or the TI-83+family (96x64)
*edit*Programability: RPL,IPL,(forms of lisp, whatever that is)Hp BASIC,Saturn ASM(ASM that their older calcs use I believe),ARM ASM. hpgcc.org Yes, it supports C also.
Also has a built in clock function with alarms. Can be powered by battery or USB.

JonimusPrime:
because ti wins in it's user interface, when you buy a ti calculator you ain't buying the hardware you are buying the software that kicks hp and casios butt.

TIfanx1999:
By software do you mean user created software, or the TI-OS vs the HP-OS ? TI is easy to use, and I havent ever used a HP. I don't know how their OS is setup or how easy to use it is.

DJ Omnimaga:
HPs are harder to use, same for casio IIRC. Also the processor on Hp  calcs is slowed down to something like TI speed, altough in ASM people can speed it up. It must eat batteries darn quick though.

If it's not why, then there must be another reason why so few people program for and use those. Even the Casio community is more active than the HP one (the only HP forum I ever seen has like 300 posts and Idk if it still even exists at all since the admin retired). Even the Casio community is more acitve, altough much less than the TI community.

Liazon:
TI is supported by most school systems in the country iirc.

With that much hardware power, I'm surprised some kids haven't figured out a way to get HPs to play games, or maybe I'm wrong.

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