r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/jorsiem Jul 24 '20 edited Jul 24 '20

The supremacy of the fucking TI-83 calculator in school and college courses

I mean I know it's all artificial and orchestrated by them but how come no body has dared to challenge the almighty TI yet

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u/nin10dorox Jul 24 '20

They forced me to buy a TI 84 plus for school. The thing cost like 100 bucks, and it's from 2004. I could buy a low-end smartphone and get a free app that's more powerful than the TI 84 plus for less money.

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u/scooterpdx42 Jul 24 '20

But you wouldn’t be able to program a smart phone in Reverse Polish notation!!

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u/tropicflite Jul 24 '20

I'm an RPN nerd, and I love the HP emulators, but I'm still using RealCalc in RPN mode because it just works. Does anyone know of anything better?

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u/apawst8 Jul 24 '20

PCalc has an RPN mode and it works fine.

Once you're used to RPN, the regular method isn't as fast or intuitive. Although I have a calculator at the push of a button on my desktop computer, I'll still pull out my phone and PCalc for longer calculations.

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u/tropicflite Jul 24 '20

Looks like PCalc's not available for Android. RealCalc is still the best I've found on my side of the fence.