<p>What Calculator do you use?</p>
<p>I use a Hp 50G along with a Hp 33S</p>
<p>When I have a computer, I use MATLAB, but otherwise, a TI83 works for me.</p>
<p>I have used a PalmOS based software called PowerOne Graph for years. I keep a TI-89 handy but almost never use it. I only use it for symbolic evaluation because that's the only thing POG can't do.</p>
<p>I used a TI-86 until it got stolen last year (right after I took a Diff. Eq. exam). Now I use a Casio fx-300Ms Scientific Calculator. I miss my old calculator. For some odd reason, being an engineering major without her trusty graphing calculator feels very crippling.</p>
<p>do you go to UB</p>
<p>TI-83 silver and TI-89 titanium...</p>
<p>Right now I use the 83 more often because I am so acclimated to where everything is on it.</p>
<p>TI-89 Titanium</p>
<p>I use a TI-89 and a TI-30Xa where I can't use the 89.</p>
<p>TI-89 Titanium.</p>
<p>this is kinda related... what's the general calculator policy in engineering courses? are they usually permitted on tests, or are only non-graphing calculators allowed?</p>
<p>In my school we are allowed to use them in Engineering courses. Other classes like math we are allowed to use a scientific unless otherwise specified my your department. Such as if your department recommenced you use a specific calculator for the FE exam or something of that nature.</p>
<p>As for the engineering classes we are allowed to use them because the problems we get couldn't even be solved by maple, mathamatica or matlab, they need to be done by a human or have a program done to analyze them. So if the calculator offers no benefit over a scientific then there is no reason not to allow it. Its basicly used to speed things up.</p>
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this is kinda related... what's the general calculator policy in engineering courses? are they usually permitted on tests, or are only non-graphing calculators allowed?
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<p>In my experience, it depends solely on the professor.</p>
<p>Yep, I've found that it varies from professor to professor.</p>
<p>I used the TI-83+, but have been getting adjusted to the HP33s recently.</p>
<p>good man, getting prepared for the FE Id take it.</p>
<p>Yes I am actually. That's the only reason I got the HP33s, but I'm liking it more and more. I haven't used the graphing tools on my TI-83+ in years, so it's not that useful to me anymore, though the multi-line display is still nice for large calculations.</p>
<p>The CAS system on the Ti-89 makes life so much easier.</p>
<p>Most students tend to buy Ti. the reason Ti bought out the market and gave schools free stuff, for there word that they would enforce only Ti calculators. Which is the reason most people go for TI. Its whats common. But once you go HP you cant go back. HP 49G or 50G are so much more powerfull than the ti-89 and they can do so much more.</p>
<p>In general, the calculator has greatly diminished in importance as an engineer's tool over the past 10-20 years, as PCs have become inexpensive and ubiquitous. Engineering students still rely on calculators, but most engineering professionals don't. Real-world engineers typically have a PC on the desktop at work, and another one at home, and maybe also a laptop to use on the road. So real-world work is now done on PCs, not calculators.</p>
<p>Traditionally, HP calculators were the standard for professionals, and TIs were the standard for the high school and college students. HP still makes the most powerful scientific and graphing calculators, but their sales have fallen dramatically: the professional market has been lost to PCs, and the education market is still locked up by TI.</p>
<p>I still like my calculator as a mobile tool, something I can carry everywhere, and not as big as my laptop.</p>
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do you go to UB?
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<p>Yes. I'm a junior industrial engineering major.</p>