Computer Engineering Calculator?

College Life
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<p>So I'm planning on majoring in Computer Engineering with pre-med track this fall at UCSB.</p>

<p>I used a TI-83+ Silver all through high school... I lost it around May and now need a new calculator.</p>

<p>So do I go with 84's or 89's?
or nspire or nspire CAS...</p>

<p>I read on here that sometimes exams/professors do not allow 89, so an 84 would be better than nothing, but I'm not planning on buying two calculators.</p>

<p>I checked professor's websites for previous years of math courses...
and all my math classes (3b, 3c, 5a) don't allow any calculator on exams so the 89/84 problem doesn't exist.</p>

<p>But, for other computer engineering/premed courses, which will be more beneficial, 84 or 89?</p>

<p>If the nspire CAS could also have that 84-keyboard attachment, that would be the best... but it doesn't, so nspire doesn't seem that useful to me
it seems that nspire = 84+
and nspire cas = 89
except both have a more defined screen...</p>

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<p>I got through college without a problem using my TI-83+ that I got back in high school. The only times I wish I had an 89 were times I was much better off using something like Mathematica or Maple anyway.</p>

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<p>you should probably just wait until school starts and ask a professor in the department before you go spend a couple of hundred dollars on 2 calculators</p>

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<p>it’s on a really good sale right now</p>

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<p>Depending on price I decide
I am in Electrical Engineering and went through the year with a 83. It did fine for me and I had no problems at all. The only times it would be useful were when I had problems with complex and multiple integrals. </p>

<p>So I would look at price but if it is significant then I would use a 84 and not worry about it. Profs don’t test you on how good you are at plugging in numbers.</p>

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Yes, Mathematica is amazing ;/</p>