I'm tired of all the gripes...

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(04-12-2019 01:27 PM)Marco Polo Wrote:  

(04-11-2019 07:40 PM)smp Wrote:  "My 48 whatever could do this..." "The 50 whatever could do that..." Well, the Prime is NOT a 48 whatever, or a 50 whatever. It is its own machine. If you like using your 48 or 50, terrific, go ahead and use it. Please do not gripe that the Prime is not like it.

Hi.
Despite my almost-30-years experience with HP calcs (mainly 48/50series) i am quite new to this forum.
I am in the group of people not satisfied by the Prime.
It's not a matter of feeling but i decided Prime is not for me (at the present stage of firmware development) after long playing with the emulator.
As a matter of fact Prime lacks one feature i heavily rely upon in my job: the unit of measure management and the ability to perform calculation and equation solving using units. This is enough for me to stick on 48/50 platform.
I think it is a consequence of the new operating paradigma (apps based) which makes the calculator more suitable for educational purpose or math exploration at the price of very reduced flexibility compared to 48/50 platform.

The reason i am dissatisfied of HP approach to high-end calculator is just the lack of care about engineers' needs in favour of teachers' and students'.
I can assure you that in my company (engineering company) almost all engineers use an HP calc (mostly 35s and 48 series), often coming from the university time.
Some uses old TIs (82, 83, 85), some cheap Casios.
None is using Prime or planning to buy one.....

You can call it "gripe" if you like, i just see it as lack or a professional calculator in HP product lineup.

Cheers
Marco Polo

Precisely for years the fans of the old HP were asking in this forum and in others out there to get an updated HP 50g, which would have improved it in hardware, with a color screen, better screen resolution, better processor and perhaps the rechargeable battery although it was not so necessary and voila !!! An HP 50g like this would have been great, simply with better hardware to adapt to modern times, but with the same flexibility as the original, with libraries, customizable menus, memory card, infrared, etc., etc.