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3 New TI calculators for spring...
Message #1 Posted by Michel Beaulieu on 7 Jan 2004, 9:21 p.m.

This is the new TI-89 : http://education.ti.com/us/product/tech/89ti/features/features.html

This is the new TI-83 : a TI-84

http://education.ti.com/us/product/tech/84p/features/features.html

And another one :

http://education.ti.com/us/product/tech/84pse/features/features.html

I read about specs and it seems, like HP, that TI didn't create new calculators but just upgrading olders models with more memory and more appealing colors...

Any comments?

Michel

      
Re: 3 New TI calculators for spring...
Message #2 Posted by Namir Shammas on 8 Jan 2004, 6:15 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Michel Beaulieu

Cool updates from TI!!! I already told my son that I'll get him the TI-89 Titanium!

            
Re: 3 New TI calculators for spring...
Message #3 Posted by Dave Shaffer on 8 Jan 2004, 12:11 p.m.,
in response to message #2 by Namir Shammas

Titanium, platinum, ....

Pretty soon you'll need a metallurgy degree just to buy a calculator!

            
Re: 3 New TI calculators for spring...
Message #4 Posted by Veli-Pekka Nousiainen on 9 Jan 2004, 5:41 a.m.,
in response to message #2 by Namir Shammas

"Cool updates from TI!!! I already told my son that I'll get him the TI-89 Titanium!"

What? Cool with only 3MB Flash? I have a 64MB MMC on my 49g+. Even the TI speed has not improved. [VPN] - Matrix IV Inverted

      
Re: 3 New TI calculators for spring...
Message #5 Posted by Victor Koechli on 8 Jan 2004, 5:25 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Michel Beaulieu

Now THAT is an ugly machine! Eeek!

Seems like the cow catcher design is the general trend, so now TI users now get their own...

            
Re: 3 New TI calculators for spring...
Message #6 Posted by Fred Lusk (CA) on 8 Jan 2004, 8:58 p.m.,
in response to message #5 by Victor Koechli

I agree…UGLY, UGLY, and UGLY. However, the data collector looks interesting. But, how many years LATE is this compared to devices that worked with the HP-41 and IL???

Fred

            
Re: 3 New TI calculators for spring...
Message #7 Posted by Ben Salinas on 9 Jan 2004, 12:25 a.m.,
in response to message #5 by Victor Koechli

Perhaps the people at TI are thinking: "Well, HP has had some very popular calculators in the past, so if we make our calculators look like their brand new ones, then ours will be popular among students and engineers."

Little do they know..

-Ben

      
Re: 3 New TI calculators for spring...
Message #8 Posted by AK on 11 Jan 2004, 12:43 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Michel Beaulieu

what the hell is TI thinking? its VERY VERY VERY ugly calculator. except for the memory upgrade, i dont see any other significant change. Not to mention, it got more UGLIER! i have the 89 which looks MUCH better than the new UGLY machine. eWWW... but if they added SD card slot, I might consider (20% chance of) buying it.


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