HP50g spins circles around the TI-89

[Mark Hardman]

(05-02-2015 09:50 PM)John R. Graham Wrote:  

(05-01-2015 12:40 AM)Marcio Wrote:  ...and let's not forget that it took many years (more than a decade?) for the 50g to become what it is today.

Is that true, really? Out of the box, the 50g was a slightly enhanced 49g, which was itself a slightly enhanced 48G. I loved the addition of infinite precision integers that the 49 brought (but hated the keyboard) and use them often on my 50g. I found it eminently usable out of the box.

ROM 1.05 for the 49g was released in August 1999 (Initial Release)
ROM 1.22 for the 49g+was released in September 2004
ROM 2.09 for the 49g+/50g was released in August 2006
ROM 2.15 for the 49g+/50g was released in April 2009 (Final Official Release)

Just five months shy of 10 years. If you consider the time it took to develop the 49g before its release, it is certainly more than a decade.