Re: Which is better? Ti-83 or ti-85??


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Re: Which is better? Ti-83 or ti-85??



An 85, questionably. An 86 for sure. (The 83 has some advantages, but
the 86 nullifies almost all of them).

On Sat, 6 Sep 1997 06:07:03 UT, Jeff Tyrrill
<Jeff_Tyrrill@CLASSIC.MSN.COM> wrote:

>
>The TI-85 is definitely much better, overall. It is just a much better
>machine.
>
>Advantages of TI-85 over TI-83: (in no particular order)
>No limit to number of variables (they can be named)
>Lowercase letters, Greek, and international symbols
>Higher resolution
>Better matrix math
>Unit conversions
>Number bases
>Bit manipulation routines
>Advanced equation solving functions (up to 30th order polynomials and 30
>simultaneous equations)
>Bit manipulation functions
>Vector math
>Better calculus
>Numbers in scientific notation can be as high as 10^999 instead of 10^99
>Equation variables so you don't have to write a program for every formula you
>have
>Custom menu
>Commands and variables can be typed; they do not have to be selected from a
>menu
>Physical constants
>Differential equations
>
>Advantages of TI-83 over TI-85: (in no particular order)
>Advanced statistics
>Finance
>More last entries and answers saved than just one
>Graph table
>Split screen
>"Nicer" list and matrix editors
>More graph styles
>Draw text on graph
>
>Unless you need the statistics, it is quite clear that the TI-85 is better. TI
>themselves must think that because they numbered the TI-83 lower than the
>TI-85, even though it is newer.
>________________
>
>Jeff Tyrrill
>http://tyrrill-ticalc.home.ml.org/
>http://ti-files.home.ml.org/
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:   Open discussion of TI Graphing Calculators  On Behalf Of Joe Jordan
>Sent:   Monday, September 01, 1997 7:44 PM
>To:     CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM
>Subject:        Which is better? Ti-83 or ti-85??
>
>Which is a better calculator??? EMail me your thoughts and ideas..
>
>JJ


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