TI83 vs ti84 (graphing calculator)

[shortylickens]

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I had an HP calculator in high school and it was SOOOO much better. Now I'm in college and they make us use either the TI-83 or 84.

No reason. Thats just what they want.

 

[lxskllr]

I love HP calculators, and still have working HP48GXs. RPN is so mindblowingly more efficient, I don't know why it hasn't caught on in general use. Also, at least as of the early 90s, the build quality was second to none. A TI looked like a grade school toy in comparison.

 

[JTsyo]

Ti84, duh

It's basically the same thing as the TI-83, but it does contain several enhanced features. It has about three times the memory than the TI-83 and the CPU is about 2.5 times faster. Another difference between the two calculators is that the TI-84 contains a USB port and a built in clock.

 

[Zeze]

What a scam. Today we have super powerful smartphone that come with multicpu, dedicated gpu, and superflous amount of RAM and memory that outshines older laptops.

An embarassingly inferior tech with calc buttons thrown in = same price as smartphones?

 

[ApexBoost]

cheaper to just buy a smartphone app

Any real school won't let you use a mobile phone on an exam, any calc class I've had we didn't get to use anything but a pencil.


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[irishScott]

I'm still using my TI-83 years into college. Never had the 84, but you can't really go wrong either way. Thought about upgrading to an 89, but haven't found the need yet.

 

[Dedpuhl]

I still use the Sharp EL9200 that I got in 1995/1996.

 

[Arcadio]

I miss my Casio color graphing calculator.

 

[bignateyk]

I miss my Casio color graphing calculator.

Made by casiotech?

 

[sao123]

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.

you're thinking of the TI-92.

unless things have changed, ACT and NFE are the only tests there the 89 is banned. PSAT's & SAT's allow the 89.

http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/productDetail/us_ti89ti.html
It's the most powerful TI graphing calculator allowed for use on the AP* Calculus, AP Statistics, AP Physics, AP Chemistry, PSAT/NMSQT**, SAT® I , SAT II, and Math IC & IIC exams.

 

[Jeff7]

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.

This would be the only downside to the TI-89. (That, and the price premium to pay for something with 0.1% of the computing capability of a similarly-priced cellphone.)
I don't remember calculator use in high school, but during school, we were only permitted up to a TI-86 on our calculus tests.

For anything else, dear god, TI-89.
One of my teachers even said in one class, "The smart student would write a few simple programs for their calculator to help with some of these calculations."
His tests were also open-book/open-notes. If you hadn't bothered to keep up on your homework, you'd be screwed anyway.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

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?

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.

And they look so horrible...

 

[gorcorps]

you're thinking of the TI-92.

unless things have changed, ACT and NFE are the only tests there the 89 is banned. PSAT's & SAT's allow the 89.

http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/productDetail/us_ti89ti.html
It's the most powerful TI graphing calculator allowed for use on the AP* Calculus, AP Statistics, AP Physics, AP Chemistry, PSAT/NMSQT**, SAT® I , SAT II, and Math IC & IIC exams.

Things might have changed a bit, as I know for a fact when I took AP Calc I was told I couldn't use an 89 and same with the ACT. The only thing I can't confirm is the SAT which I never took, so it may have allowed the 89 back then.

Even still, knowing how to use your calculator is important. So for high schoolers I still recommend avoiding the 89 because the few times you can't use it you'll have to use something you're not familiar with.

 

[Born2bwire]

I still have the same TI-86 from 1996. It's a little worse for wear (had to resolder the busline going to the display), but I still use it a lot. Thing is though, there really isn't much more in functionality that I want in a calculator. I have a TI-92, but I rarely ever use it because I don't need the advanced functions. For something that complicated, I use Matlab. I guess the reason why they can still sell these calculators after 20+ years is that the desired functionality has not outpaced the advances in technology. The only thing I would like better in my 86 is for it to be a little faster but I'm probably not willing to buy a new calculator even for that.

 

[NutBucket]

Buy used! I think I paid about $40 for a TI-83 and that was 10 years ago. I only paid about $110 or so for an 89 maybe 9 years ago?