Royal Consumer Info Products

[Stevetuc]

(07-09-2022 09:57 PM)Peet Wrote:  

(07-09-2022 08:42 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  Check out those specs!

Motor size: .86hp
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Noise Level (dB): 68 dB

Wow, they added sound! Is this accessible from the Cas?

[rprosperi]

(07-09-2022 09:57 PM)Peet Wrote:  

(07-09-2022 08:42 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  Check out those specs!

Motor size: .86hp

Well that explains it somewhat, it's not even being marketed as a full hp, it's only .86hp.

Still, even that seems somewhat exaggerated, feels more like half an hp or less...

[calc_freak]

My favorite part is the magnifier - when you roll your mouse over the picture of the Prime, it doesn't magnify; it shrinks the image. Their attention to detail is spot on. It really instills confidence in the direction they are going with the products HP entrusted them with.

[DrewNicholson]

(07-10-2022 02:31 AM)calc_freak Wrote:  My favorite part is the magnifier - when you roll your mouse over the picture of the Prime, it doesn't magnify; it shrinks the image. Their attention to detail is spot on. It really instills confidence in the direction they are going with the products HP entrusted them with.

I feel strangely confident that the new caretakers of the HP calculator line will take much better care of them than HP has been doing.

[redglyph]

It feels strangely abandoned to me. I visited the site lately and observed the following:

- the calculator part of the site is hard to find, it's not available from the main page (which starts with links to what seem to be other companies? I haven't followed lately)
- this part of the site is strangely structured
- the few available calculators are badly documented; when I tried to get information on the Prime, I got documents on shredders
- the advertised prices are not correct (40 $ for the 300s+?)
- pages are a mix of languages
- support forums only have one post (I can't even find it anymore)

The current state of the HP Prime seems to be: no more updates, it has bugs and crashes every now and then.

I don't know what they are planning but I wouldn't be surprised if they announced a shutdown of that business.

[ijabbott]

(07-10-2022 02:31 AM)calc_freak Wrote:  My favorite part is the magnifier - when you roll your mouse over the picture of the Prime, it doesn't magnify; it shrinks the image. Their attention to detail is spot on. It really instills confidence in the direction they are going with the products HP entrusted them with.

And the linked manual is for neither the pictured item nor the item described by the text.