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| Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Category: CE
List Price: $129.99
Buy New: $76.00
You Save: $53.99 (42%)
New (43) Used (10) Refurbished (1) from $59.49
Avg. Customer Rating:  84 reviews
Format: Cd
Platform: Windows
Color: Gry/ Blk
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows
Size: 17bii, hp 17bii, 17b, business calculators
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 3.1 x 5.8 x 0.6
MPN: F2234A
Model: F2234A
UPC: 492410746423
EAN: 0808736628204
ASIN: B0000CAQ0C
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
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 HP quality is a thing of the past. October 16, 2003
36 out of 41 found this review helpful
Purchased the HP17BII+ through Amazon at a fair price but found the calculator to be cheaply made. HP has in the past set the standard for quality and style but this is no longer the case. The quest for bigger profit margins over quality will soon kill the once fabled reputation of this firm.
full of defects October 16, 2003
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I actually bought two HP 17Bii+'s - one for home and the other for work. Funny thing is, I'm seeing completely different defects on each one. My work HP, for instance, has trouble with the #0 key - you really need to watch the repeater to make sure it's getting all the digits. My home HP? Already crashed dead - twice - requiring me to reset and lose all my formulas. Without the reliability, I can't recommend this product.
Too many defects October 14, 2003
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Problem 1: Right out of the box, I had problems with the #4 and to a lesser extent the #9 key. You could easily press down the #4 key so that it clicked, without the number registering. The work-around was to press the key extra hard.
Problem 2: After working with the calculator for about a week and entering a number of formulas in the 32M memory, I was unable to get the calculator to turn on one morning. I tried the "machine reset", which didn't help. According to the manual the next step was to do the reset on the back of the calculator. That did the trick - but then all of the formulas entered in memory were lost. During the next two weeks, that happened 3 more times. So, the 32M of memory was basically useless.
Problem 3: I found that after doing extensive TVM and Cash Flow calculations, the 1/x key result would not work correctly in chain calculations (RPN). So, for example pressing #3, #2, x, to get 6 and then pressing 1/x would return .5 instead of .16666. Tried this over and over with diff comps and got the same result. Turned the calculator off and then back on. Problem disappeared. This happened once more ... but the problem is hard to replicate.
Problem 4: When I called hpshopping.com to return the calculator, I was told that I would have to wait at the door all afternoon (1:00PM-6:PM) for fed ex to come out and pick up the calculator. ... No, just sending it back would not work. Unfortunately, my work doesn't allow me to wait around that long anywhere.
Conclusion: Get the old HP 17BII, which is much more robust and better quality. The new HP calculators (like the new HP 12C Platinum) are cheaply built and lack quality control.
Same old October 2, 2003
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is the same version of the 17B, the only notable differences being a multilingual display, more memory and a semi-useless currency conversion feature. Too bad HP didn't see fit to implement a workable function for calculating the Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR). You still have to do it by hand and calculate the NPV and NFV for positive and negative cash flows, which is time consuming and error prone.If you own the previous model you should feel no compulsion to upgrade. In fact, I wonder why HP even bothered to release this version. Just calling it an improvement doesn't make it so.
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