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| Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Category: CE
List Price: $175.99
Buy New: $90.44
You Save: $85.55 (49%)
New (42) Used (1) Refurbished (1) from $90.44
Avg. Customer Rating:  149 reviews
Format: Cd
Color: Black Face
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries: 3
Batteries Included: Yes
Operating System: N/A
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 3.4 x 0.9
MPN: F2229AA#ABA
Model: F2229AA#ABA
UPC: 882780502291
EAN: 0882780502291
ASIN: B000GTPRPS
Release Date: July 15, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good Calculator March 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This calculator has yet to crash and I have used it for more than 1 year. My 48GX crashes all the time. I have ownedthe 15C, 41CX, 19BII and the 48GX. Will HP Ever come out with something that keeps the number pad with enter and Simple funtions in the same place. They always change every thing. I have been using HP's fopr 25 years and I have to say that the manual for the 50 G is probably the worst I have seen yet and how the machine renders unit convertions is three steps back from how the 48GX handles it and is counter intuitive. No where in the manual does it say you should only use a 1 gig SD card. Anything bigger is a waist of money because you can only access 1 gig.
HP make rugged reliable equipment but it is such a pain to figure them out. I like HP stuff but I also get very frustrated with HP. They should have a program on DVD that you can load on a PC like that for the 49 that takes you step by step though all the functions and features.
 HP calculator February 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I had HP48GX and I loved it, but I lost it. I never liked the G49, but I bought the HP50 and I can't be more excited! I love this calculator, works in almost the same way as HP 48GX, you can add extra memory using SD card and is faster than the old model.
Maybe the only inconvenient is that HP change the keyboard a little bit (take out useful keys, but you get to used to that)
Great feature set February 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this calculator, mainly for its Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) input method. After using RPN, it is hard for me to go back to the standard input method of most calculators. It also has algebraic entry (which I've never used) and "textbook" entry, which lets you enter equations exactly as you would write them or see in a textbook. I use this quite a bit.
I cannot compare this calculator to Texas Instruments models because I've never used a TI. I used an HP49g in an electronics class I took, so I stayed with HP due to my familiarity with them. Speaking of the 49g, the keys on the 50g have a much better feel and don't miss keystrokes as often happened to me with the 49g.
My one gripe is that the full user's manual is only in .PDF format, not hardcopy, which is inconvenient to say the least and why I only give it four stars.
The BEST! February 25, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is the best engineering calculator on the planet. Don't even consider using anything but RPN on this one. By taking the fifteen minutes to learn RPN entry, you will inherently understand the User RPL programming language that the calculator uses.
HP RPN calculators have a higher learning curve than their Algebraic counterparts, but once you learn it, you are light years ahead of the game.
The reason the HP RPN calculators are not more popular is because most beginning engineering students don't even know about RPN until they get to college and hook up with someone who uses an RPN calculator. By then, most of them have been retro-fitted for Algebraic calculators (or as RPN people call them, 'layman's calculators').
DO NOT BUY THE HP 49G+! It is loaded with keyboard problems and is cheaply made. GO STRAIGHT FOR THE HP 50G! Hewlett-Packard really came out of hibernation with this one. It has the solid, reliable feel of HP calculators of old and is loaded with features. It connects to your computer, or you can save files on an SD card that plugs into the calculator.
For the most part, all the books written for the 48G and 49G calculators apply to the 50G (particularly the 49G books) so you will never run out of cool things to learn about this great machine. The 50G is a computer in calculators clothing.
I've owned and operated the 42S, 48S, 48SX, 48G, 48G+, 49G, 49G+ (which totally sucks), and now the 50G. The 50G is reminiscent of the 48S and 48G series in the way it feels, but it's way beyond either in its capabilities.
It just looks like a Baddass machine. Computers come and go every few years. The HP50G will be useful to you for decades.
HP50g Graphic Calculator February 22, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
It is a good calculator, but battery do not last not even 15 days if I use three to four hours a day. This needs improvement.
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