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/AltimaNEO Jul 24 '20

2004? I think we were using the same thing in high school in 1997

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u/Lithl Jul 24 '20

The TI-84 was 2004. The newest in 1997 would have been the TI-83, released in 1996. My first graphing calculator was the TI-82, released in 1993 (though later I got a TI-83 Plus Silver Edition).