george, on that website i quote that has the movie tutorials, one of the movies marked 'new' and 'cas' says that the non-cas has solve, but that it can't solve for multiple 0s or something like that.
the screen is just ok. in good light. i would say it's a tiny fraction better than the ti89 and the main reason i don't use the 89 much is because the screen is pretty bad. i have bad eyes, but ... the fonts are better on the nspire and it is more readable, but trying to increase the contrast only darkens the background.
the notes application has just a couple of templates, but they are useful and easy to use, as is the notes application itself. there are about 12-18 math templates, but i haven't tried them much yet, mainly because in all but one of the views i can't tell what the tiny icons represent. i found one view once which had them titled, but i've forgotten where i found it.
i must say i'm beginning to warm up to it somewhat after the initial bad impression. the keyboard with those little nubs sticking up for alpha keys works and i rarely hit double characters. the menu system is convoluted and for a beginner i keep going into the wrong menu system--there are essentially three available most of the time, a couple fixed and one contextual. but i'm already finding myself memorizing sequences such as 'ctl + menu + 5 + 5' or something like that.
it badly needs engineering formulas like the hp48/50 and easier conversions. the nice part is that the programming seems so easy hopefully someone will write stuff like that for it. it only has 20mb of memory, but most everything can be dumped off via the ti-link app. i've got all the available 'activities' (tutorial-like modules) installed and the book 'flatland' and i'm using less than 1/3rd the memory.
as i mentioned earlier, i still can't figure out why the cas computer app won't link to the handheld, but you can develop on either the mac or windows cas app and then move your file to the link program and then move it to the calculator.
/guy
the screen is just ok. in good light. i would say it's a tiny fraction better than the ti89 and the main reason i don't use the 89 much is because the screen is pretty bad. i have bad eyes, but ... the fonts are better on the nspire and it is more readable, but trying to increase the contrast only darkens the background.
the notes application has just a couple of templates, but they are useful and easy to use, as is the notes application itself. there are about 12-18 math templates, but i haven't tried them much yet, mainly because in all but one of the views i can't tell what the tiny icons represent. i found one view once which had them titled, but i've forgotten where i found it.
i must say i'm beginning to warm up to it somewhat after the initial bad impression. the keyboard with those little nubs sticking up for alpha keys works and i rarely hit double characters. the menu system is convoluted and for a beginner i keep going into the wrong menu system--there are essentially three available most of the time, a couple fixed and one contextual. but i'm already finding myself memorizing sequences such as 'ctl + menu + 5 + 5' or something like that.
it badly needs engineering formulas like the hp48/50 and easier conversions. the nice part is that the programming seems so easy hopefully someone will write stuff like that for it. it only has 20mb of memory, but most everything can be dumped off via the ti-link app. i've got all the available 'activities' (tutorial-like modules) installed and the book 'flatland' and i'm using less than 1/3rd the memory.
as i mentioned earlier, i still can't figure out why the cas computer app won't link to the handheld, but you can develop on either the mac or windows cas app and then move your file to the link program and then move it to the calculator.
/guy
On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 10:33 PM, George <gfenisey@...> wrote:Hi Guy,
Sorry for getting you started.
BUT, I am listening to every word that you and the others are saying.
I didn't get the NSpire CAS version. What is your thought on the
readability of the screen compared to everything else?
My NSpire without CAS says politely the Solve function is not supported
and I need to have a CAS version of course. TI 92 Plus did the Solve
using exactly same syntax you used on the NSpire. The TI 92 screen is
very poor compared to HP calculators in general.
You haven't mentioned the templates yet.
Listening,
George
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