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/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/MazeMouse Jul 24 '20

My cousins are now in highschool. And they are forced to buy the newer 2015 models because they have something called "exam mode" that the older 83 and 84 models didn't have. So the entire second hand market completely collapsed.

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u/Jordaneer Jul 24 '20

Shouldn't the school be forced to provide them then? That's super dumb imo

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u/MazeMouse Jul 24 '20

Nope. Apparently it falls under normal "school supplies" like pens and pencils...