12C Platinum vs. 48GX vs. 50g (Speed Test)

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(10-02-2020 06:38 AM)JDW Wrote:  I still would appreciate knowing why there is an orange "OFF" label silkscreened above the ON button on the 12CP even though there is no need to press f and then ON to turn it off like other HP calculators. You just press ON once to turn it on and then press ON again to turn it off. Why then the orange "OFF" mark?

The label "OFF" is present to remind new users that the [ON] key is also used to power off, which may not be apparent to a new user, likely feedback from 12C users in the past.

Note that ALL of the printing on the bezel is in yellow, for the shifted functions on those keys. Since pressing [f] prior to pressing [ON] does not affect powering-off, HP decided to not add the cost of adding another process step for printing "OFF" in a 2nd color. I was not in those meetings in HP, but I was in those meetings at Sharp .