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The actuel Prime future...
08-19-2014, 02:53 PM (This post was last modified: 08-19-2014 02:57 PM by René Franquinet.)
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Some thoughts about the HP Prime and the WP34S.
Last week I ordered and received the HP Prime. Since about 35 years I am using HP calculators (and for some time even HP notebooks and handhelds like the Jornada). You will understand that I did not buy the Prime out of need of calculating power (also a US$ 5 calculator can help there). I bought it because of curiosity. HP says: Say hello to the evolution of handheld calculating in a sleek, slim, brushed metal design that looks great and performs even better. I do not yet have an opinion on the Prime, but I think I would never have imagined such a boasting advertising text.
There are two things I was asking myself. The WP34S has/had an enormous potential. The undeniably intelligent professional and amateur developers of this marvel were limited to the physical boundaries of WP34S's carrier, the HP20B or HP30B. If only they could have made use of the hardware the Prime is made of! The WP34S people were obliged to make use of all possible key-combinations of the existing keys to enable entering data and using functions/constants etc. Of course the use of an overlay was needed as the keys of the HP20B/30B became obsolete after reprogramming the machine. With the Prime we have a touch-sensitive device plus real keys, a combination that would have made the WP34S a very nice and very portable, user friendly calculator: with built in help on everything you need to know about it.
I think the WP34S already is the best calculator as such, but then it would be the most flexible and powerful calculator. And of course I am a RPN-lover.
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The actuel Prime future... - Marcel - 08-13-2014, 03:49 PM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - Marcel - 08-13-2014, 04:24 PM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - jebem - 08-13-2014, 09:33 PM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - rprosperi - 08-14-2014, 12:24 PM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - CR Haeger - 08-14-2014, 01:38 PM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - aurelio - 08-27-2014, 07:25 PM
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RE: The actuel Prime future... - eried - 08-14-2014, 03:08 AM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - Marcel - 08-14-2014, 12:30 PM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - jebem - 08-14-2014, 11:14 PM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - Marcel - 08-14-2014, 11:04 PM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - John P - 08-17-2014, 03:21 PM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - Sukiari - 05-14-2015, 07:11 PM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - debrouxl - 08-17-2014, 05:51 PM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - jebem - 08-17-2014, 06:59 PM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - debrouxl - 08-17-2014, 07:14 PM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - akmon - 08-17-2014, 09:48 PM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - debrouxl - 08-18-2014, 05:58 AM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - Marcel - 08-18-2014, 11:00 PM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - René Franquinet - 08-19-2014 02:53 PM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - walter b - 08-19-2014, 04:27 PM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - walter b - 08-20-2014, 08:58 PM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - eried - 08-20-2014, 10:17 PM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - walter b - 08-26-2014, 04:17 PM
RE: The actuel Prime future... - walter b - 08-27-2014, 08:32 AM
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RE: The actuel Prime future... - Sukiari - 05-14-2015, 07:18 PM
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