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|  | Brand: Texas Instruments
List Price: $99.49
Buy Used: $72.98
as of 11/23/2009 05:04 CST details
You Save: $26.51 (27%)
New (45) Used (34) Refurbished (1) from $72.98
Seller: textbooksller08
Rating:  81 reviews
Format: CD
Color: SILVER
Media: Electronics
Edition: SILVER EDITION
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: N/A
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.1
Dimensions (in): 3.1 x 3.9 x 0.7
MPN: TI-84 PLUS SILV
Model: TI-84 PLUS SILV
UPC: 033317192069
EAN: 0033317192069
ASIN: B0001EMM0Q
Publication Date: 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Excellent condition! Guaranteed same/next day shipping from CA! My name is vaguely written on the calculator and front cover, but it's nothing too in-your-face.
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 Useful fro School September 3, 2009
Carleton R. Grose
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Calculator eequired for class - color all yellow to recognize as belonging to school had to be modified. bought without manual so had to find instructions over the net - save significant money but had to deal with issues of learning and color modification - shipping was okay - would do again
Before you buy August 25, 2009
D. Rice (Indiana)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Don't only shop at Amazon! This is a very high quality calculator that can be had for a much lower price. Just yesterday Amazon had this unit listed at 119.00 now its 140.00 plus! After searching the web I found it at Target and Walmart for 99.94 plus 6.00 tax. Do the math! LOL
 Schools must get a kickback from TI; if you have a choice, buy an HP August 16, 2009
Mahlers2nd
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I will admit up front that I am an HP RPN snob -- I'm 46 years old and have been using RPN since I was a college student. So using ANY algebraic calculator is a bit of a challenge for me.
That said, this calculator is required by nearly every student from 8th grade through college level classes and so I reluctantly plunked down the money and bought one of these for my son. I hate it and I personally won't use it. IF I have to use something that requires algebraic mode I use the HP 35s Scientific Calculator and this review is primarily in contrast to the HP 35S (it would be unfair to compare it to my trusty HP 15Cs since those long went the way of the dodo bird).
The TI is much heavier and bulkier than the HP 35-S. However, being made completely of cheap plastic and not having its own protective case, it is going to get clobbered in my son's backpack -- which usually weighs a good 20 pounds on any given day. But he has to have it so what alternative does he have...
The keys are noisy and spongy compared to the HP (which has a nice soft and crisp "tick" sound).
I have a blue calculator (my son likes blue) and many of the labels are a lighter shade of blue printed on blue plastic -- what human factors genius came up with *that* one. You spend 5 minutes trying to read the button labels just trying to find the function you want.
The TI is lacking many of the native "math" functions which make the HP so attractive. If you are doing statistics, doing permuations and combinations on the HP is a built in function. You can program them on the TI but that takes time and another level of skill that most students won't have.
And while Algebraic calculators usually have the advantage of having the more intuitive "=" sign, this calculator doesn't even have that going for it -- you have to hit just like an RPN calculator. If you want to have an algebraic mode calculator, great. But why make it as counter intuitive as an RPN calculator?
The HP 35S, which does so much more from a functional standpoint, can operate in both RPN and Algebraic mode so you, in essence, get 2 calculators in one and much more flexibility.
The upshot: If you have a kid in school, you probably will have to buy one of these. The schools don't really give you a choice. However, if you are buying this for yourself and want a calculator that is going to last awhile and do what you really need it to do, go for the HP 35S
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 Tesas Instruments TI-84 Calculator August 12, 2009
Patricia A. Capuano (Massachusetts)
1 out of 14 found this review helpful
I waited and waited for this calculator to be shipped to me. I never received it. I e-mailed Touch Screen Toys and they never replied. I finally received a notice from Amazon that I received a refund with no explanations. I guess I will have to wait for my credit card statement to come in to see if I actually did receive the refund indicated. I will never use Touch Screen Toys again. Not reliable. I only gave them 1 star because I could not give a zero.
 Good Graphing Calculator June 27, 2009
Anonymous
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I ordered this calculator for an algebra class. It has worked well so far. Some of the functions are difficult to find unless you have instructions, for example it is difficult to figure out how to input "absolute value" on your own unless you have experience with a smiliar calculator or the instruction manual. But once you do know how to access what you want, it is usually fairly simple.
In the month or so that I have been using this calculator, it has served me well.
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