HP50g spins circles around the TI-89

[Brian D]

Regarding the 50G learning curve:

I went through college with a 15C, which was great in that it has everything which you'd expect to need for calculating in engineering and science, right in front of you on the keyboard without needing to navigate any menus. I think that learning to do the same things on the 50G would take no time at all, though. I don't remember writing many complicated programs on the calculator in four years of engineering and science classes, and the matrices on the 50G would almost certainly be easier than they are on the 15C. For what we did back then, the 50G would be simple to learn.

Back then, a math class hardly every used a calculator, but engineering and science did. It would be interesting to find out exactly what is expected of a calculator in a typical class "these days".