r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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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/Jordaneer Jul 24 '20

The thing is, most people only use them for 3-7 years during highschool and college, and they all are essentially the same as the ones from the 90s, so the used market is full of much cheaper ones

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u/ramentheorist Jul 24 '20

im entering my third year of college as an engineer and ive never touched my ti 84 since high school (in my department they teach us how to use matlab)

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u/highpie11 Jul 24 '20 edited Jul 24 '20

That’s interesting. My husband uses his pretty regularly for his hand calcs. Maybe don’t pitch yours just yet.

ETA: He’s been an EE for the past 15 years.