Casio Prizm keyboard

[Jlouis]

(02-18-2016 05:59 PM)Condo Wrote:  I recently tried a demo unit of a Casio Prizm at a local store. The large keys look great in pictures, but felt soft and squishy on the unit I handled. They don't look rubbery, but that's how they felt. I was considering getting one for my son who will attend high school in the Fall. (Yes I did check with the Math Department head, that recommended a TI-84 of course, but assured me that the assignments could be done on any similar function calculator.) I just thought the Prizm, being a newer model with a way better screen was a much better value. Handling this CG10 gave me a low impression of the build quality. Did anyone else get the same impression?

No, I think it is very well built and a very beautiful calculator.

For the keys, it is really soft, as all Casio, but it is solid and I never miss a keystroke with it, and the big size of the key amazes me, as the big fonts of the color display, unlike the TI fonts on the TI 89 and the Nspire CX CAS, which are in the Planck scale.

I don't think it is a professional calculator, because of the lack of tactile feedback (I guess it is not the right word, but I guess you understand what I mean). But for school, it is more than enough.

I think the Prizm is a wonderfull calculator, I practically did not read the manual, very intuitive indeed. And the display is amazing, plus the easy connection to a PC, just like a thumb drive.

And although originaly there is no CAS in it, I manage to install one, the Eingenmath CAS, thanks to a brilliant kid that ported it to the Prizm (I think I'm not allowed to link another calculator forum, but google it and you will find).

Believe me, the Prizm, IMHO, is better than the TI Nspire CX CAS, which is very confuse and dificult to learn, altough very powerfull.

But if you ask me what the color calculator that I prefer, it is indeed the Prime. First, because it has RPN. Second because it has touchscreen. And third, because it is HP
I don't have a real one, but I play with it a little with the windows and android emulators.

I don't know the TI 84, but you can get wrong with the Prizm or the Prime.

Cheers

JL