Why the 12c? Message #6 Posted by Gene on 23 Apr 2003, 7:28 a.m., in response to message #4 by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil)
One big reason is that the 12c has each function on a key...no long complicated menus to navigate through to find a function...you can SEE it on the keyboard.
Another big reason is that many financial people were taught on the 12c back in the early 1980s at school and these are the people who are in management today who teach / suggest the 12c to the new people working for them today.
I consider the key-per-function argument as very strong. I can't stand having to wade through menus looking for functions that are needed.
Before anyone suggests that the 41c, 42S, etc. needed menus or catalogs, it's not the same...These calculators have many, many more functions on the keyboard than the 17b/17bII calculators do...AND they had the ability to make custom keyboards or assignments...
The 17B/17BII is way too menu oriented for me.
My 2 cents.
Gene
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