Considering 35s acquisition

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(01-28-2014 03:43 PM)Tugdual Wrote:  So two questions:
- Is the 35s a valid option or a comercial failure?
- Should I consider another option? I don't want to go into too much complexity like the Prime, just need something fairly robust and efficient for common daily use.

Tugdual;
two possible answers:
The 35 is nice. The PSE bug isn't really an issue because you can always use R/S to better effect. You'll like the 2 line screen & the keys on mine were good. There is a program here to take care of the questionable P<>R solution it shipped with. I liked both mine (one bought and one given to me by HP at an HHC) but i ended up giving both away. No reflection on the calc. I wouldn't give trash as a gift.
The WP34s is a great calculator if you use the 30b platform with it's better keyboard and not the 20b. It will just amaze you at least once per day. It's only failing is the top line of the screen, but that's hardly a deal breaker with all it will do. They put (as we say in American) "everything but the kitchen sink" into it. I only mention it because you wanted a 4 line screen and the 34 doesn't quite have 2.

I don't know which were commercial successes or failures. By the standards of other companies most of what HP makes would probably be a "commercial failure", but what other companies can point to people commonly using 30 year old units on a daily basis? You'll be happy with either one, till the 43s comes out. It's OK to be fickle in that. "One Woman, Many Calculators". -db