How does one buy the latest hardware release.

[KeithB]

I have had an HP41 and currently have an HP71B and a prime. I have purchased thousands of dollars of HP stuff, including a lot of HP-IL peripherals.

I have also used HP equipment my whole career as an RF Engineer - we *still* use legacy HP stuff - my old job had a bunch of 8510's and my current job really likes 432 power meters.

So, I think I am entitled to an opinion. I also agonized about getting the latest prime, but knew that as long as it was the latest hardware rev, the small cosmetic differences did not matter that much.