Bye bye Prime

[hansklav]

(08-30-2014 05:56 AM)Tugdual Wrote:  

(08-29-2014 01:17 PM)peacecalc Wrote:  Hello folks,

for me it seems the thread has changed his contents, it is not longer a thread about a possibly ugly machine (not only in a aesthetic way), but a thread about the meaning of RPL, RPN, NLP and so on...

Maybe it would be a good idea to split this thread in two different ones...

Greetings
peaceglue

Yes you're right, the thread has wandered and turned into an expert debates on some specific aspects. This being said I wasn't really complaining about the Prime. My message was more informative (I have no longer one) and somehow I wanted to share my concerns about the fact I gave it to my son for his studies. I'm really really wondering if I did the right thing or sabotaged his chances. As long as it was my toy for the sole experimentation purpose @ home with no further consequence I didn't really care but now his studies are a serious topic and I wonder if I shall consider re-spending money on a more robust calculator and in that case which one should this be?

I recently bought an HP Prime and up till now am not unhappy with it. Imho for educational purposes it’s OK.

But it certainly takes some time getting used to.

And I cannot use it without my glasses. The lettering on the keyboard has much too little contrast and is too small for my presbyopic eyes, but for younger eyes that will be less a problem ;-)

Hans