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TI83 vs ti84 (graphing calculator)

An 83 and 84 have no differences except for a faster processor and more archive memory space on the 84.

The best justification for the 84 is if you need the extra storage space, and that means you either are playing games on the calculator, or you do a LOT of programming on it.

Save your money, and get the 83.
 
What the hell. It looks exactly the same as the one I had 15 years ago, and sells for more money now then it did back then? Why hasn't calculator technology improved?
 
bignateyk said:
What the hell. It looks exactly the same as the one I had 15 years ago, and sells for more money now then it did back then? Why hasn't calculator technology improved?
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It has improved. The 8x are TI's last-generation calculators. Their modern line is the ARM-based Nspire, which are still horrendously overpriced given the hardware, but are otherwise not 35 years ancient.
 
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I have to snicker a little bit at a college math class that allows you to use a graphing calculator. That professor ought to be smacked upside the head.

And yeah, graphing calculators are practically the only technology related items that don't go down in price. Freaking scam.
 
In TI's defence, I glance over at the HP12C Platinum I bought last year. Since the 12C was introduced it has gained a bit of speed/memory, adopted a crappier keypad, and dropped in price a whopping 30% since 1981.
 
sao123 said:
I'd still get the TI-89.
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Unless things have changed, TI-89 is banned for most HS level standardized tests. Can't use it for the Calc AP test, ACT, SAT, or anything else nationally standardized due to how much stuff it can do automatically. However for college and beyond it's definitely the best. Just bringing it up for anybody looking for a HS level calc, not necessarily for the OP's use.

I personally loved the TI-86. It was the most advanced calculator that could be used on HS tests, and did a number of things that the 83 couldn't. I don't know why it didn't get more popular, and I'm not even sure you could find it anymore. Everything about it was excellent.
 
I did 2 years of advanced math in college (up to linear algebra, differential equations) and never needed a graphing calculator
 
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