Do I dare to use my 41?

[Hans Brueggemann]

(10-24-2018 06:21 PM)berserkerbernhard Wrote:  Greetings, programs.

I finally got my 41CV working with my card reader. It's so amazing to watch it work. IT is truely a small computer system.

I dream of retirering my HP Prime and go for the 41. But what if it breaks? I can easily get a replacement Prime, but a 41 would be expensive.

What are your thoughts on this? Do you use the 41 for daily stuff?

/Bernhard, OZ9WTN, Denmark

my 41CX is my daily driver since mid-eighties (i.e., over 30 years), and it never let me down. out of the same paranoia as yours, i have a bunch of 41C in reserve, but these get just the regular TLC to prevent their flex-pcb from starting to corrode. i'm going to sell them sooner or later, as i have no real pratical use for them, and collecting them isn't really my cup of tea.
on top of it, community's support for this fabulous machine is simply beyond awesome, thinking of all the paraphernalia from Monte's 41CL, Diego's Clonix and flex-pcb, Angel's SW contributions, Meindert's MLDL, Nate's 3D-printed mechanical parts to (insert favorite contributors here),.... the HP-41C never had a greater and more vivid support than today.
you '41ers are really living in the golden age!

that said: use it.