<p>I'm an incoming freshman in civil engineering at UCLA. I'm looking to buy a new graphing calculator with a CAS, and I would like some recommendations. </p>
<p>Particularly:
1. Should I go with TI or HP? Is this merely a matter of personal preference, or is one brand markedly better for hard-core math/science?
2. Is there one model in particular that you would recommend?
3. Which is better: the TI-89 titanium or the TI-Voyage 200? Are there significant differences between them, or is the voyage 200 merely an 89 with a bulkier design and qwerty keyboard?
4. How do the programming capabilities of the HP calculators compare with the so-called "TI-basic" language?
5. Which calculator model is most popular or frequently used among engineering students? Also, are TI or HP calculators more popular among engineering students?</p>
<p>For the record:
1. I currently have two TI-82s and one TI-92, and I know how to use both the TI-8x and the TI-89/TI-92 platforms very well. However, I'm a complete stranger to the HP platforms.
2. I have never used an HP calculator, but I'm willing to learn how.
3. Price is not a constraint for me.</p>
<p>Any suggestions and advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>don’t stress over about it, im a CEE too and in my past 2 years i never needed the calculator for anything but simple calculations that could be done on regular scientific calculator, just go with the ones you have it’ll be enough, most (if not all) lower div math classes you won’t need any calculator at all, for the CEE courses you don’t need anything but simple calculations, same with physics, you’ll need to get your hands on a scientific one for chem 20a and 20b (at least for scerri’s classes) </p>
<p>i would suggest you hold off on buying a calculator with grand functions until you need to (maybe one with a solver for your 2nd year intro CEE classes (101 and 108) if you are not very good at algebra) because maybe by then there will be more technologically advanced calculators in the market</p>
<p>I have a TI-89, which should by the way be the name on my high school diploma, however I have hardly used it at all for UCLA. Most calculations are either simple and don’t need anything fancy, or not really calculator appropriate. Usually you’re not allowed to use a calculator and if you are, its typically supposed to be scientific or at least non-QWERTY. By the time you start needing more power, you’re using MATLAB anyway.</p>
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