Most underrated programmables

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(03-24-2014 12:58 PM)Dave Britten Wrote:  Damn, wish I had known about that UofM sale. I'll bet they had lots of weird goodies on offer.

They have a site that runs full time, it's a huge place and there is always tons of stuff on sale. Look for msu surplus. No more calculators though.

(03-24-2014 12:58 PM)Dave Britten Wrote:  A couple years ago, you could get a 48SX pretty cheaply - often under $50 - but it looks like they've slowly increased a bit. Still pretty affordable though. The 50g does bring some nice new features to the table, but the UI always felt like a mess to me. Plus the hardware quality just doesn't match the 48 line.

You don't get the great keyboard and the S/SX color scheme was probably the best modern HP layout of all time. But the SX display is horrible even next to the G.

The 50g hardware is really pretty nice all things considered and I find the SD card a huge plus since I can backup the whole calculator instantly before I test something. It's faster, the editing is better, the screen is bigger and better, it feels pretty solid to me. (I don't see much UI difference except in the Apps menu but I am not using the CAS features). And you can still buy them new. With the 48 it's hard to know exactly what you're getting when you're buying online like we mostly have to do nowadays. That said, if I could get a like-new 48GX for the same price as a 50g I would go for it. It's just really hard to know. I recently bought another 48 online that looked near perfect in the pics and it turned out I got burned somewhat. You just never know until you know.