TI59 VS the 41 Vs the 71 VS the 48 Shootout

[walter b]

(05-03-2014 01:10 PM)John W Kercheval Wrote:  The TI59 has some serious advantages esp the locking expansion dock superb plug ins, etc. But in a multi-way shootout I would give it to the 71. Then to the 48GX in a head-to-head shootout.
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Any other TI59 users?

TI59 wasn't launched yet when I started with an TI SR50 at university. But I remember those years of the calculator wars quite well. TI usually had some feature-wise advantages but their keyboards (those of 57, 58, 59 ...) turned out being their weak points after a while. It all changed with the HP-41C - I don't remember any serious competition from TI thereafter for many years.

BTW, your "shootout" (what else can one expect from an inhabitant of the USA?) is unfair for reasons of confronting different generations of calculators. It's like opposing bow and arrows to a Winchester - something people may remember out there.

d:-/