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Best HP Financial Calculator
03-18-2015, 07:58 AM (This post was last modified: 03-18-2015 09:41 AM by ElectroDuende.)
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(03-18-2015 01:39 AM)Anderson Costa Wrote:  I saw some videos of HP 12C and I am doubtful of one thing: Which HP Financial Calculator is the best?
In Brazilian Market, the HP 12C is used in various financial courses, but I've played around with HP 30b, which is better than the classic HP 12C in some resources and liked it very much.
Can anybody resolve my doubt comparing the HP Financial calculators?

Well, it depends; financial dinosaurs (in any way disrespectfully) will tell you that 12C is the best one, and in fact it WAS when they first got it. But times and uses evolve... I, myself, have used, first, an HP48G with financial programs (as I'm an engineer who sometimes has to deal with finance and had it from my University years). Then I got a 17BII (pioneer), much more portable, but also very capable with its solver. I've used it for a couple of years, but finally switched to a 30b, as I sometimes need trig functions not available in 17BII. I recently discovered that it has some bugs in statistical functions; i'd like to update firmare... maybe some day I can find time to build a programming cable.

Now I'm discovering the 27S as an "all rounder"... its a pity is is not RPN.

So, summarizing:

- 30b is the best if you need some scientific functions or work with statistic distributions (but be sure to have a bug free firmware)
- 17BII is the best if you don't need that, and like the SOLVE formula solver. Current version (17bII+) has some problem with L() and G(), so be careful. Otherwise it has a much better display.
- 12C is behind these two (and behind 19BII, that is more capable than 17BII, but fragile and bulkier), but has some kind of "iconic" status.
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RE: Best HP Financial Calculator - John R - 03-18-2015, 03:20 AM
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