31 points

Obligatory XKCD

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The TI-84 CE has a color screen, faster processor, lithium battery, and a proprietary charging cable.

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21 points

β€œi love proprietary charging cables.” -said no customer ever.

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My TI-84+ CSE (curvy shape with colour screen) came with a rechargeable battery and mini-USB B… did they really go backwards with that?

Tbh the Casio Fx991 got way more mileage than the Ti84 in my engineering studies.

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1 point

It might be mini-usb, but that’s just as inconvenient.

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6 points

Runs doom tho.

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4 points

The memories, I still have 2 in the garage. People actually still pay $100 for these?

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Yep! In some countries, TI have lobbied their way into the school system in order to make their products mandatory for tests and exams. They are then free to charge the same amount of money for a 27 year old design

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4 points

What a seriously depressing thing to hear, but I can’t say it’s surprising anymore.

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1 point

It’s silly, but I think that this is just because any calculator that is more useful would also make cheating too easy and would also provide too much assistance. Teachers know what the TI-84 can and can’t do, so they don’t have to familiarize themselves with the risks of any new model. The price is ridiculous though, I’m quite sure that Texas Instruments makes a mighty profit on these things.

I loved the TI-84 when I was in highschool. Instead of doing whatever I was supposed to do, I was programming silly things on the calculator. It had quite some programming functionality, and I constantly kept finding new and interesting things to do with it. It played a part in me studying computer science, which the teachers recommended me to do because I was constantly programming on the calculator. I still have it, though I currently don’t have any batteries for it.

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17 points

Whoever made this meme…

Whoever has the same love for a TI-84 like I do…

You are me.

My TI-84, that I’ve had for about 18 years, died last month. I haven’t been the same since.

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3 points

sorry for your loss

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Screw the TI-80 series! All my homies love the TI-30X IIS!

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2 points

I still use mine for random calculations. Goated

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Tis a good calculator. :)

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1 point

I seem to remember a similar model but it did a bunch of probability stuff like choose nCr and permutation.

I liked that so much better than the ti80. Was just quicker to use.

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Pfff. None of them hold a candle to the TI Voyage 200.

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3 points

Not allowed for standardized tests because it has a QWERTY keyboard.

TI-89 is (or at least, was back when I was in high school) the best you could do.

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5 points

I prefer the first TI-84 Plus. Or a CASIO chick.

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5 points

My dads not a cell phone.

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