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toml_12953 · (This post was last modified: 04-15-2019 03:26 AM by toml_12953.)

(10-29-2017 09:31 AM)pier4r Wrote: In my explorations of the MoHPC forums (especially the MyBB version) I read only, well, bad reviews over the 35s. So many, in fact, that I wouldn't touch it with a 10 meter stick.

How come that on amazon the calculator has so many reviews (700+!) with such positive rating?

Many of the bad reviews are from people who remember the "Old HP", the company that, when the original 35 had a small math bug, offered to replace every one free of charge. And that was only ONE bug! The "New HP" won't even fix the bugs in later productions of the 35s let alone replace units in the field. Of course the profit margins are quite a bit lower than they were in 1972 when the 35 was $395.00 in 1970's dollars!

If you ask me (you didn't but I don't care!) I wouldn't refrain from buying a 35s due to such small bugs. I actually own one and it's a great, relatively inexpensive calculator. I use it daily and have never run into any of the glitches.