<p>Anyone have a TI nspire? I just recently heard about it and it's cheaper than the TI-89 and supposedly, it's even cooler and does more stuff.
Also, the screen and the way things are arranged and displayed are better?</p>
<p>I need a calculator for Calc AB..and I plan on taking Calc BC..and probably a bit more math in college..so I'm thinking it's worth it to invest in another calculator (have a TI-84 right now) since I'll be using if for quite awhile.</p>
<p>Are TI-nspires like the new calculator to use?? Will TI-89s be really old and less common in the future or should I still get a TI-89 because that's what everyone else seems to have? </p>
<p>The new features (like the way you enter integrals and the way it's displayed) is really neat, very organized and it IS cheaper..</p>
<p>Or should I stick with the classic TI-89?</p>
<p>Comments? </p>
<p>THanks!</p>
<p>I heard that students usually stop using calculators in college, and so they give their calculators to their old teachers or younger siblings. </p>
<p>How much cheaper is the Ti Nspire? I have never used one, but I think it looks really awesome.</p>
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I heard that students usually stop using calculators in college, and so they give their calculators to their old teachers or younger siblings.
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That's not true. I am in my second semester of college (well, third, but my first semester was a one month long engineering program) and while it's true I don't use my calculator for mathematics anymore, I've had to use it all the time for chemistry and physics (the chemistry teacher even let us put chemical equations in our graphing calculators, if we had one).</p>
<p>OP, is your TI-Nspire a TI-Nspire CAS? Because if not, it is more analogous to the TI-84 than the TI-89. You are allowed 2 calculators on the ap exam; I believe the usual route is to have both a symbolic calculator for tougher problems and a non-symbolic one for quicker problems (time is a factor on the exam, after all). If a problem takes a while to be solved or graphed you can also use the other calculator. So yeah, if you don't have the TI-Nspire with CAS, buy an 89 or a TI-Nspire with CAS. If you do, combined with your 84 you have nothing to worry about.</p>
<p>Right now, the programming community for the Nspires is pathetic in contrast with the vast array of programs available for the 89, but that is bound to change as the Nspire becomes the standard. That might take years, though.</p>
<p>I don't think it's THAT much cheaper. Just 10-20 bucks maybe.
Yeah, if I get a nspire it'll be one with CAS since I need it for calculus.</p>
<p>I'm leaning toward the TI-89 though. Love how the nspire displays things but since it's pretty uncommon right now, it'll be more trouble getting programs and getting help from other people..</p>