<p>For you smart people out there, what's the deal with the printer?
- I'm assuming it'd be easier to buy one, right?
- How much are they at the Mid Store, assuming I could get one?
- How much do supplies for the printer add up over the year (paper, ink)?
- What do you think is the best printer on the market (cheap, small, efficient--easy to get ink for, color--if needed) right now?
- Is the printer used a lot?</p>
<p>Dictoranna, how did you find this site? Do you get this info when you get the packet with the actual appointment offer? My son has not gotten that packet yet.</p>
<p>I would certainly hope so... and in that case it could be a good thing, although Physics might prove to be difficult... so how different is the Voyage from the Ti-83/89?</p>
<p>I agree on the calculator non-usage on validations. The Ti-83(+) is capable of integrating and deriving functions, as well as solving quadratics, so anyone who knows how to do this can find a solution, yet this does not prove that they know calculus. Good move on the Navy's part, I think.</p>
<p>i don't like the idea of having to part with my ti-83 during any math test. it's got a nice story behind it. one of my best friends found it at a garage sale for 5.00. the people selling it thought it was broken b/c the batteries needed replaced (hee-hee). He gave it to me as a birthday present and it still has the garage sale sticker on it.</p>
<p>in refute to your point, fiterace, if they know how to plug it into the calculator, and they are always allowed to use the calculator, why wouldn't they be considered to "know" calculus? they know how to get the answer, regardless of the resources. and you have to know a certain amount about calc to rearrange the problems so you can use those programs, anyway. btw: i don't have any of those programs on my calc, but i have used some on one of my friend's ti89</p>
<p>Actually, that computer looks too familiar! I don't think the page has actually been updated yet (other than changeing 2009 to 2010). Dell doesn't even ship the Precision 370 anymore.</p>
<p>I can say you need not know any calculus if you have an 89. It has everything label and basic understanding of computer science can get you through it. lol.</p>
<p>I'm quite attached to my TI-83 also. It has 20-30 stickers on it. I thought I lost it before Christmas Break, and I was very sad... but it doesn't intgrate does it? It just finds the area under the integral?</p>
<p>The voyage 200 has a qwerty keyboard, like a computer's, and is more powerful that the 83+ or the 89. It is possible that this computer is being made exclusively for USNA, even if it is not being sold to the general public.
CM</p>
<p>about the printers, you can get really good deals on them at the midstore, plus its a better idea to buy one there . you can also hook up your computer to print on your roommate's printer, or hook it to print off on your company's printer. I reccomend getting your own because you use your printer ALOT and its just more convenient. i think its unlikely the computer is being made "exclusively" for usna.</p>
<p>i dunno what exactly the voyage 200 can do (although it looks really nice), but I love my 89 because unlike the 83s and 84s, it can do symbolic differentiation and integration.</p>
<p>Most Dell machines are made "to order" these days, however the basic models are what all orders must be customized from. I don't think the contract is actually awarded until early summer and that is when we will likely see the 2010 specifications. Aslo, there is no guarantee they will be Dell machines again because they may not be the lowest bidder this year (doubtfull though).</p>