Given up on Prime (Almost)

[AnalogJoe]

I'd stay away from the Casios, the scientifics are fine, but the more advanced calculators are not worth it, if you have the time , look at this video on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmdudS30OBI

Its a lengthy review and demonstration of the main Graphing calculators out there, the Casio Class Pad is a complete piece of junk.

Youll find out that the HP Prime beats hands down all the calculators in the market. Im sorry you've had so many problems with your Prime, but the Prime IS the best calculator out there. The TI Inspire doesnt come close to the processing power, speed and ease of use of the HP Prime, the Prime with its touch screen is one of a kind, I mean the Casio Class Pad uses a stylus for crying out loud, its like 1998 all over again.

Now if you are still decided on ditching the HP Prime, then I suggest getting an HP 50G, it doesnt have near the same graphing power as the Prime, and its less friendly to use, however it will perform most of what you probably need, eventhou the Prime is overall a better calculator, I still prefer the 50G, a lot of things are easier to do on the 50G, and it includes several features that the Prime lacks, such as an equation library, symbolic Fourier Transform and FFT (the Prime only has FFT), and so on....

And again given that today if you really need specialized apps and heavy calculation capability you would probably would use something like Matlab, I guess theres a point up to when the calculator stops being the correct tool for the job, so given what I just mentioned, I think both the Prime and 50G are great, but if I had to choose between both of them, I would choose the 50G even if the Prime is overall a better calculator.