Bye bye Prime

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(08-26-2014 07:04 PM)Tugdual Wrote:  I gave it today to my son for his studies. ...

To return a bit to the start of this discussion: In less than three weeks my daughter will start a BA study of "Linguistics and Mathematics (equal)". Since there aren't any restrictions regarding the use of a CAS calculator during the studies, I gave my daughter the choice between TI-89, TI-92 Plus, HP 49G, and HP Prime (I was not willing to give my HP 50G away). I demonstrated the capabilities of those calculators by performing the symbolic integration of 1/(1+x^4) from 0 to infinity, which both of TI's solved in some ten seconds, the HP 49 G took much longer time to solve this integral finally, and the HP Prime gave the answer instantaneously. This, plus the fact of having a touchscreen, let my daughter choose the HP Prime, which she called "the iPhone of calculators". So clearly there is a target group for the HP Prime in education market!