HP 48G+ over 50G?

[Dave Britten]

(12-17-2013 04:12 AM)cdodds Wrote:  Dave, when you say 48 do you mean the 48G+ or the older 48gx. The 48gx and the 32SII are two of my favorites but sadly are no longer in production. I loved the keyboards on them and wonder why it's is so hard to produce a good keyboard. I had a 49g+ and it was replaced once under warranty the keys broke on the second one after it was out of warranty, The 50 has a better keyboard than the 49g+ but I occasionally get a double entry. I have no experience with the 48g+. For my daily work horse I prefer something that can be replaced easily if something happens to it. The 50 was a bit of a learning curve for me because that is when I started programming System RPL. Once I began to understand how to use System RPL to write and compile my own libraries right on the 50, I could make it do what I want, how I want.

I keep a 48SX with a 32KB RAM card on my desk. I also have a 48GX, but the SX feels a bit sturdier, and would also be much less expensive to replace should anything happen to it (in fact I already have a spare that I got in a bundle with some software cards). I installed a small library that implements some of the new G/GX list manipulation features, and I plug in the Equation Library card when I need to do a TVM or MSOLVE. The 200LX comes out when I need to do an amort or something financial.