Top three calculators ?

[pier4r]

This thread can be a good complement to the the "most common calculator" in the forum actually.

[HrastProgrammer]

HP-48GX
HP-50G
HP-49G

[Gamo]

My top 3 are
1. HP-12C+ and 12C on Android phone
2. HP-11C
3. HP-15C or HP Prime on Android phone

Gamo

[Csaba Tizedes]

1.) HP32SII
2.) CASIO fx-4000P
3.) ... all the others ...

Csaba

[JimP]

HP Prime
HP 35s
17BII+ Pro application on my iPhone. Seriously underrated....

4th place (if one is talking calculators only) TI-36x Pro

[pier4r]

(04-03-2018 12:20 PM)Csaba Tizedes Wrote:  2.) CASIO fx-4000P

Interesting. While I understand that the calculator is quite good. Why not some other models? Casio itself has similar newer models with likely more abilities (fx 5800P ?).

Of course a reason to use something could just be "because I want to".

[pascal_meheut]

1) WP-34s on OSX & iOS (for obvious reasons, I wrote them)
2) DM-42
3) HP-10C (like its simplicity)

[John Keith]

(04-02-2018 10:47 PM)Geir Isene Wrote:  

(04-02-2018 09:01 PM)John Keith Wrote:  1: HP 50
2: HP Prime
3: Free42 on my phone.

Why the 50 before the Prime?

If you have to ask...

[klesl]

casio fx-cg50
casio fx-991 CE X
ti-30x pro

[Dwight Sturrock]

Simply because it is always handy:

1. Free42 for iPhone. My physical 42’s need some work (probably the press fitted ribbon cable has lost contact) and the Free42 has the same versatility and ease of programming as the originals.

2. HP15C & HP15C. Once again ease of use plus a great solver.

3. HP12C. Due to easy availablity and similarity to the 15C, I have using these for simple calculations and some programming experimentation.

[wtp]

My most used calculators:

1. HP 15C Limited Edition
2. WP 34S
3. GNU Emacs’s `calc` mode, or my High School HP 48G for a physical calculator
   

[larthurl]

(04-03-2018 06:58 AM)peacecalc Wrote:  Hello friends,

3) 15c during my studies of physics
2) 32s while my professional life as a teacher, first 20 years
1) 50g while my professional life as a teacher, last 20 years, 10 years left.

you or the calculator?

[xmehq]

1. HP 48G on my desk at work.
2. TI-84 Plus CE because that's what the students who come for help use.
3. Varies - currently my HP 42S has my attention.

[peacecalc]

Hello larthurl,

it is me: before I have a chance to retire...

[toml_12953]

(04-02-2018 04:07 PM)Michael de Estrada Wrote:  So what are your top three calculators, based on daily usage ?

1. Prime
2. DM42
3. TI-59 (yes, it still works including mag card reader!)

[Harald]

1. 15c (can't believe I have had it for 20 years now) bought it used when I started university, still my go to calculator.
2. Probably 32Sii used it very heavily at school, very rarely nowadays though.
3. HP42S, WP34S, HP35 with multi emulator upgrade, Woodstock LP, EMU42, HP50G... I am just not sure which comes third...

[John Keith]

(04-03-2018 08:20 PM)Geir Isene Wrote:  

(04-03-2018 01:24 PM)John Keith Wrote:  If you have to ask...

Yes... because I use neither (although I have a Prime)

Please excuse my snarkiness, it's just that the relative merits of calculator 'A' vs calculator 'B' are a subject of vigorous arguments on these fora. See, for instance this thread.

Though the Prime is quite fast and has a nicer display, I find the 50g and RPL more efficient and intuitive than the Prime and its BASIC-like language.

[hp41cx]

1 - 17BII
2 - PC-1500A (Pocket computer)
3 - TI-58C

[Csaba Tizedes]

(04-04-2018 06:35 PM)Geir Isene Wrote:  TI-58C. Why not a TI-59?

Maybe the Continuous Memory...?!?
I have a perfect HP65, but I really hate if anything goes down with the power OFF.

Csaba

[Gerson W. Barbosa]

(04-04-2018 06:35 PM)Geir Isene Wrote:  

(04-03-2018 11:48 PM)hp41cx Wrote:  1 - 17BII
2 - PC-1500A (Pocket computer)
3 - TI-58C

Oh, that's cute & cool... the TI-58C. Why not a TI-59?

What? No HP-41CX?