Re: Why are TI Calcs so inferior?
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Jacob M Kirsch (jmkirsch@cs.buffalo.edu) wrote:
: : Not a chance. Look at the newton. The thing runs faster than the
: : 486-25mhz, and is about the same size as the TI-85.
: But what can a Newton do? It's not exactly a computing
: powerhouse. It's extremely limited.
: If they were going to go for speed, they'd have to design a
: special chip with only the stuff they want to do. They couldn't just pick
: a chip off the shelf like they have been. That would cost a lot more
: money too.
Actualy the new newton about to be realeased will run at abot 166 megaherz,
this is about 10 times faster then the curent nerwtons and it will have a bult
in web browser, it is going to provbly be in the price range of $800, which
isnt bad, all the newtons started there and dropped in price to where you can
buy a new newton for about 200 dollars, and the software library avalible for
the newton is amazing, it has more programs which are compatible on all the
newtons the all the ti calculator combined, plus the newton has a ir port,pc
card slot for a 28.8 modem,the new one will be grayscale, it runs about 30
houyrs on 4 AAA bats and much more, so the newton is more powerful then
you think...
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