My HP Prime G2 review.

[TheLastMillennial]

Thanks Voldemar, Gene, and rrpalma I enjoyed writing this!

I'm sorry toshk, I don't understand half of what you just said.

(06-02-2019 05:11 PM)toshk Wrote:  In summary:
the HP Prime is a great calculator with the potential...Nspire I or II?

I'm trying to say it has the potential to be the perfect alternative to the entire Nspire lineup. I'll clarify that.

(06-02-2019 05:11 PM)toshk Wrote:  Classpad (are you just doing 1+1=? then use your iphone instead)

I don't understand what you're trying to say here, are you saying the Classpad is an under-featured calculator?

(06-02-2019 05:11 PM)toshk Wrote:  It is Prime!! A great Calculator compare and miles away to anything on the Market.
with their 10 or 6yrs? they have to catch-up with Prime.

I agree other calculators need to catch up in terms of hardware, however as I said in my review, the lack of some features means the Prime is behind other competing calculators in terms of software. Perhaps you misunderstood, I said the Nspire and Classpad have a 6 and 11 year head start because they were released long before the HP Prime.

(06-02-2019 05:11 PM)toshk Wrote:  Python: Popularity contest<>Prime should stand on its Grounds
HPP/CAS Language has enough in it to to be on the likes of Matlab\Mathcad\ Mathematica.

I agree PPL is very powerful and easy to learn, however there's no harm in adding another language most people already know. Python on a calculator is a big selling point (more so in Europe than the US) and I think the Prime could definitely benefit by adding it.

(06-02-2019 05:11 PM)toshk Wrote:  Do you enjoy Advance Maths? Prime has it all...with a better VR interface and more integrated XCAS they can compete with the giants (MatLab\ MathCad\ Mathematica) right in your palm.

What does VR mean? I'm pretty sure you don't mean VR as in Virtual Reality. I personally don't use MatLab\ MathCad\ Mathematica that much so maybe you're right, the Prime could be a great competitor. Right now, I don't see the Prime taking down Mathematica.

(06-02-2019 05:11 PM)toshk Wrote:  KEY features missing from the HP Prime? and your KEY is? and Nspire I II and Classpad has all the KEY features. View of someone that can write that long and scaling review of a product.

I can't tell anymore, are you angry with me? Let me reiterate some of the 'key' features I mentioned: No undo/redo button, no 3D parametric grapher, inaccurate errors, wonky implied multiplication, poor support for any language other than PPL. I know not every feature I listed will be important to everyone, but people have different features they'd like to see in calculators and I think it's worth mentioning them.

(06-02-2019 05:11 PM)toshk Wrote:  HP Prime is a great calculator with the potential to be greater than anything to be called a calculator.

aka a computer? We can't call it that, it wouldn't be accepted on any standardized tests!
To be clear I'm not saying the Prime is a bad calculator, I'm not saying that at all. I suggest you reread my summary. I'm saying if you don't care about the missing features I mentioned, then you'll love the Prime, if you do care about them, them you'll be happy with an alternative calculator. I don't want to trick people into buying a calculator that doesn't have the features they want, that's why I posted my review here, so I can remove anything misleading or inaccurate.

Thanks for your replies everyone! I'll get my fixed version out hopefully before the end of the day!