Re: HP and their strategy on RPN Message #3 Posted by Ed Look on 6 Jan 2005, 11:49 a.m., in response to message #2 by Namir
Yes, Namir, you are right, but short of carrying an expensive and heavy laptop, I can do most of what I often do in Excel and to a much lighter degree, a little of what the calculational software can do, on a 48G, 48G+, or 49G+. And these last three are quite portable, if not in a regular shirt pocket (I have carried them in a coat pocket).
This, for me is the attraction to powerful calculators: their "compactness to power ratio"- what you CAN do with them for machines their size. I also had two voltmeters; one the size of a 48 or 49 series calculator and one the size of a credit card. Even though the bigger one has more features, better display, etc., I most often use the little one. Besides, the computer is for posting to MoHPC forums, anyway.
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