HP Prime or HP 50g

[mlpalacios8]

I'm currently studying electromechanical engineering and I have both calculators, 50g and HP Prime.

I love both calculators...

I had the 50g first and learned RPN + it's programming language.
Then I bought the HP Prime. I ditched the 50g for a small period of time... Then I picked it back up and ditched the Prime.
Then I took the Prime again and now I'm using both calculators.


-For my Circuits 1 class I use the 50g because thanks to it's overall RPN system, I can do number-crunching more efficiently, especially if implementing short, numeric programs.

-For "upper Calculus" (many names for it, Laplace, Fourier, Z Tranformation etc...) I use the HP Prime. It's CAS engine is wayyyy stronger than the 50 g. I can easily manipulate big CAS functions and play with them really fast. The screen and touchscreen here helps a LOT. Much better than the 50g for medium-big CAS functions/equations.

-For Physics III (waves, etc) I use my 50 g. Why? Again the RPN. Put the "sin(2*pi)" in Prime's RPN and you will not get 0... That stops all my Physics III number crunching and other bunch of stuff. There's an old thread on this matter.

-Electromagnetic Fields, my favorite class, I use the Prime... I just can't imagine myself using the 50g for doing big triple integrals and hardcore vector calculus in different coordinate systems. I easily and rapidly programmed all my spherical/cylindrical divergences, gradients, curls, laplacians and more in the Prime (had to use cas programming). Not to mention again that the equation handling in the Prime is smoother than in the 50g.

The 50g programming triumphs in short, efficient programs.
The Prime programming triumphs in medium to big programs. The programming logic flows better in the Prime because it shares many attributes with other programming languages.

I give roundhouse kicks to all my texas instruments classmates.. Can't touch my 50g/Prime combo.