HP48GX

[Mike Morrow]

I have two HP 48GX units that I bought new 17 years ago, along with some very expensive memory expansion cards. I was very happy to relegate them to permanent retirement after getting the much more capable (at much lower cost) HP 50G in 2007. My HP 48SX and two HP 48GX units have the most unsatisfactory LCD quality of any machine I have ever come across, and are very slow. I hate their keyboard color schemes. I recently bought a second HP 50G for $75 new to ensure that I never need to return to the 48-series for anything serious.

I know that the HP 48GX looks pretty, but the low contrast keyboard color scheme matches its display for very poor ergonomic design. What could HP have been thinking when they came up with this...and kept it so long?

Sorry...but I was a long-time user of the 48-series...and I still dread the thought of having to use them again. I don't understand the appeal at all.