Why does this edition sell for so much less than the regular TI-84 plus silver, which it is supposedly more advanced than?
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I don't know why the seller has chosen to sell this item at the price he chose but my C Silver Edition works great. Graphics are wonderful.
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well, if you shop around at the same places it really doesn't sell for less in the real market, it sells for about the same, but the main reason, just like why the ti-83 sells for way above what it should be selling for considering the software is like 10 yrs old or even older, is that ti has their foot planted solidly in the college market, which in my opinion is really corrupt, because these colleges only use the ti's in the math classes, you can use other graphing calc's like casio, which are just as good, but the schools don't support or give instructions using these other calcs, which they should be, talk about corrupt, wow. the ti-84-C calc is the same as the silver except it has a color screen which is really nice, now don't get me wrong, this ti is nice, and I like it, and this is the calc that you can get all the programming info off the web to program it, the casio fx cg10 is every bit as nice if not nicer (a few extra's on it, and also a color screen) and priced at the same if not cheaper, which you can also use in the colleges, so if you understand calculators you'd be fine buying one of the casio's, either way, they're both great, and I have the three of the casio's calc's and three of the ti's, I kind of collect them, I guess, like a golfer collects golf clubs.............LOL. I even have the HP calc, but you really don't want to buy this calc for school, it's all business and you really do have to fully understand graphing calculators to use the HP graphing calc.
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Because it's cool to be retro these days. Having a standard TI83 is like having a NES instead of an Xbox One.
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not sure, but curious why you are buying such a ancient calculator (maybe by force??) ick... I would never go back to the 84 since the release of the nspire cx or even the hp prime.
99407
Been thinking about this myself...at time of this post Corel had raised it's price to $350 while Amazon had dropped theirs to $200, normally this would be a no-brainer except that a lot of the comments referenced serial numbers not working and dealing with Corel customer support for a product not purchased from them directly. Still $150 is $150
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It's cheaper since it's the latest offering from Casio and they're trying to encourage current owners to update and prospective buyers to get the model that looks more "current". In some Asian countries you can still find the FX-991MS selling for $30 USD, but any newer models are around the $20 mark. In case you were wondering, the natural textbook display can be turned off and the calculator operates exactly like the FX-991MS. I use all of my Casio units in non-textbook mode for speedy entry.
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If you compare prices you'll find you can buy this upgraded unit for around the same price as the older unit if you're including shipping. In my case I didn't need $35 worth of stuff at this time... and this unit actually wound up costing me $2 less than the older one by the time shipping was paid. Pro-shopping... it's almost an artform. :D
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For my money, NO. Their are many different models of the TI-84. Currently, for example, it is available with a back-lit screen and high definition graphing, and it comes in a variety of attractive colors. Also, it can display mathematical expressions as they appear on paper. For example, the square root of 8 places the '8' directly UNDER the square root radical rather than placing '8' in parentheses directly AFTER the radical. For me, that, and similar expressions, is not worth paying double money! Another consideration, the CASIO, for example, can perform the four calculator operations defined by the Test Development Committee for the AP Calculus examination: produce a graph, find the zeros, calculate the derivative, calculate the integral. I find the CASIO both faster and more user friendly for these and other operations. (Some other reviewers disagree.) The Casio, when each pixel on the screen is set to 0.1, graphs from -6.3 to 6.3; the TI only graphs from -4.7 to 4.7. This means that the CASIO can graph two full cycles of the trigonometric functions such as the sine and cosine. There is more that could be said. But I have known several people who were glad they bought the CASIO. I would be pleased to hear about your opinion at the end of the coming school year if you decide to buy the CASIO.
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Had Casio for years. Picked it up when I started my engineering degree with Precalculus. It was OK then but confusing when I had to crunch matrices in Calculus. So I let it collect dust for 10 years. Shortly after I got TI89 and have been learning it through the years. Right now I am very proficient with the TI89. The 36xPro takes the familiar TI89 GUI and strips out some fancy features in order to qualify it for the lower price + American standard tests. I had it now for 2 days and learned it almost entirely. It's powerful enough to crunch 3x3 matrices operations. That said, would I ever go back to Casio? NOPE. Had Casio for years. Picked it up when I started my engineering degree with Precalculus. It was OK then but confusing when I had to crunch matrices in Calculus. So I let it collect dust for 10 years. Shortly after I got TI89 and have been learning it through the years. Right now I am very proficient with the TI89. The 36xPro takes the familiar TI89 GUI and strips out some fancy features in order to qualify it for the lower price + American standard tests. I had it now for 2 days and learned it almost entirely. It's powerful enough to crunch 3x3 matrices operations. That said, would I ever... » Read More Had Casio for years. Picked it up when I started my engineering degree with Precalculus. It was OK then but confusing when I had to crunch matrices in Calculus. So I let it collect dust for 10 years. Shortly after I got TI89 and have been learning it through the years. Right now I am very proficient with the TI89. The 36xPro takes the familiar TI89 GUI and strips out some fancy features in order to qualify it for the lower price + American standard tests. I had it now for 2 days and learned it almost entirely. It's powerful enough to crunch 3x3 matrices operations. That said, would I ever go back to Casio? NOPE. « Show Less
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There must be some sort of typo or mistake in the listing. I purchased it awhile ago so I don't remember exact pricing, but I know it was under $10.
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It is somewhat similar to the TI 92 graphing calculator; however, it is definitely not the best source for graphing specifically. It has nice 3-D pictures but I usually use other sources online for graphing problems. If a graphing calculator is what you're looking for, I would get a newer model because this calculator is better for solving difficult equations and have step by step instructions to solve them. My primary reason for purchase was for assistance in my calculus 3 class.
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It is only 9474. You can purchase 9471 for about $30 retail. But the 9474 set is pretty neat as is and would not necessarily need 9471 to augment it unless your purpose is to collect all LOTR sets
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If it was me, I would not pay a cent extra for a "platinum edition", whatever that is. Regular HP12C works great. Sounds like marketing hype to me.
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Casio FX-CP400L Is better than the TI. It offers a large screen that is stylus navigated and comes with all the math operations you will ever need.
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I'm glad someone else noticed this too! It was $8.80 when I bought it in July 2013. Now it is $16.48. I'm going to buy it somewhere else.
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I think it depends on which version you get. I got the one called "Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition Graphing Calculator, Black" from Amazon, in April, 2014. It comes with the rechargeable Lithium-Ion batteries and is does not have any capability to use any AA batteries. I opened up the battery compartment to see what it looks like, and its a rectangular battery with a single connector.
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I can't answer for the other sellers, but seeing as how my price is the lowest on the list, I will say it's because the version we are selling of this software is Student/Teacher. Which just means that you need to be a student or teacher to activate it, but it's exactly the same as the others, just offered at a lower price for education. 100% genuine and brand new.
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Probably because they purchased it for under $100. If you notice amazon prices fluctuate daily. For example today (01/06/2014) the price is 97.82+ shipping.
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I can only assume that it is due to supply and demand. The new ones are $135+
438681
Yeah. It was being sold by Office Depot. They even had it for $85 for a bit. I was going to buy as well. Too bad. Now I'll save that money for when the next gen systems come out. If you go to Office Depot you can still get it for $99.99 but says Temporarily Out of Stock :(