Re: Surveys Message #12 Posted by Mike T. on 12 Apr 2006, 6:24 p.m., in response to message #1 by SteveH
In the trade off between functionality and complexity always preferred the 'simpler' machines so my vote would go to the following
HP33C - A solid old brick and prone to the odd tantrum but my all time favourite 'pocket' calculator. (Both the HP34C and HP32E deserve an honourable mention here. The HP34C is just amazing but I never found it quite as easy to use, and the HP32E was an absolute lifesaver when someone decided that I ought to study statistics).
HP97 - To big to be portable but for me this was simply the best desktop calculator. (Also my father's HP97 was the first HP I ever used).
HP11C - Not as 'complex' as the HP15C and all I could afford, it get my vote because it does everything I ever needed it to.
HP42S - I considered buying one of these machines once when they were new but was put off by its keypad, lack of off-line storage, and exorbitant (UK) price tag. I shouldn't have been as it solves the user interface problem very elegantly, but I'd still like to store programs and data somewhere!
HP29C - I've never owned or used one but I suspect that it is proabably as simple to use as the HP33C but with just enough extra memory to make it really interesting!
Mike T.
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