Tell me about the DM42

[Logan]

As someone who really enjoyed the 42S (I mean, really enjoyed it) I can say that this is almost unbelievable in how much I'm enjoying the DM42.

The screen does show all of the stack yes, which is great, but where the extra real estate really shines (for me) is in the programming. I can now see 8 lines of code at a time and it scrolls beautifully. No video I've seen does justice to how nice the screen looks in person.

The calculator does include a quick-start guide on the calculator itself, which is very well-written, and the large screen works nicely for that too

In addition to tons of memory, and the ability to save and load programs from USB (hallelujah), it also has the surprising ability to save states. In other words, say I'm working in a particular environment and put on my financial hat for a moment. I can set up a custom menu and set of programs, the display settings, etc. and then save that configuration! Later I put on my EE hat and want to do some matrices, power equations, and customize everything to be set up to display in engineering mode, have my programs in the right spots (and don't clutter everything up with unnecessary programs for that application), etc. I can save that configuration too and then any time I need to switch hats, I can load the configuration I want and it's all set up exactly how I wanted it. I love this.

Or if I just want everything in one big messy spot, I set up a "General" state for myself where I can mess around.

One other thing you may have noticed, is there is an extra row of keys at the top specifically dedicated to the soft keys. This means you can have a menu open and also use the 1/x, sqrt, log, etc. at the same time. I knew that would be nice...but it's really nice.