Soft menus

[The Shadow]

(01-11-2014 08:04 PM)eried Wrote:  It depends on what was your objective buying the Prime, if it was to replace all your legacy hp calculators: it was a waste of money.

So I'm curious: What objective would you recommend to avoid wasting money?

Because while the speed, power, and (drool) the graphing capabilities of the Prime are very tempting, I'm finding plenty of other things about it really off-putting. If I'm going to buy a new calculator, yeah, I want it to replace the 50g I've already got, just like it replaced my trusty 48SX when it finally gave out. (I had a 49 in between for a while, but the keyboard gave out almost overnight, so I don't count it.)

I'm not talking about the simple unfamiliarity of a new device. I'm talking about how the Prime seems to almost aggressively get in the way of simple operations.

Right now I'm considering holding onto the emulator as a cool graphing and statistics app and waiting for HP to come out with something more my speed.

Quote:I don't think it is purely oriented to kids, but for sure is intended to avoid the funny initial struggle people usually experience with an HP so they never ask to lend your calculator again (like with the 48s) ergo making you struggle with basic stuff :D

Heh heh heh. I confess to a certain malignant pleasure when people ask to borrow my calculator, yes. ;)