HP 50G vs. HP Prime

[Wes Loewer]

For me: 50g
For my students: Prime

I love the 48/49/50, but over the years I've only recommended them to a handful of students who I thought could handle the learning curve. The Prime is the first HP calculator that I can recommend to any of my students.

The main pull for the 50g for me is the better RPL interactivity with CUSTOM menu and easily re-assignable keys (no programming required).

The main draws from the Prime are the fast graphing, advanced graphing, and improved CAS. (With the 50g, there were a number of times when a funky function could take 30-60 seconds to integrate.)