HP 50g Graphing Calculator by Hewlett Packard
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Digital camera reviews of HP 50g Graphing Calculator
Digital camera Review: Awesome¡¡¡¡¡
Summary: 5 Stars
It so much cheaper to get it here at Amazon than other suppliers. Delivery time was as promised, quick and in excellent conditions..
I love this product because i can do so much with it, and makes math, calculus, trigonometry real easy...
Digital camera Review: Beats the pants off of the competition
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great calc. I'm so glad I got this over the Ti-89 Ti. One of my classmates has the TI, and it just seems like it takes him longer to run the same operations. The RPN is a bit weird, but with the equation writer, I hardly use the actual RPN console unless I'm just doing some simple operations. Overall, I am completely glad I purchased this calculator. The added benefit of having it accept the SD cards makes it very simple to transfer the software from [...] to it as well.Digital camera Review: Best CAS Calculator. Period.
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had my HP-50G since 2/24/2007 after purchasing it from Amazon. I also own a TI-89 Titanium. The TI-89 Titanium is in my humble opinion an easier machine to use, but less powerful than the HP-50G. More functionality and power tends to mean a steeper learning curve, so if you want the most powerful, choose the HP-50G, if you want one that is initially easier to use, choose the TI-89 Titanium. Either way, you can't go wrong as they are both fine machines.
Having said that, here is why I prefer the HP-50G:
1. First off, it offers both Algebraic and RPN modes natively.
2. The CAS is powerful and can be set up for step-by-step simplification (collection or expansion of terms).
3. RPL is a *LOT* more powerful and (again, in my humble opinion) simpler -- you can do a lot more with far fewer keystrokes than with TI's BASIC.
4. The SD Card slot is perfect for transferring programs and HP Objects between the calculator and the PC.
5. It has a built-in Equation Library, SysRPL, as well as an ARM Assembler/Disassembler and Saturn processor emulator. (Translation: it is a Geek's "Dream Machine". :)
There are many other reasons that I prefer the HP over the TI, but those are the highlights.
There are some neat "Easter Eggs" hidden in the HP as well, including a great Tetris game. (Run the Equation Writer application, click ALPHA-ALPHA to lock it, enter MINEISBETTER, click ALPHA to turn off the alpha lock, then click the up arrow and press SIMP (F6). All of the flags must be in their factory-release setting too.) Viola - Tetris!
Finally, although it is *initially* a more difficult machine to learn to use than the TI, it can be customized with incredible ease, and features all sorts of "event handling" stubs to use for this purpose. What this translates to is the machine allows you to *MAKE IT* easier to use for yourself with custom menus, user programmable keys, etc.
It's more rugged and the keyboard is better than the HP-49s too. You can't go wrong with the HP-50G.
Digital camera Review: Best HP calculator ever: finally HP gets it right
Summary: 5 Stars
The latest top of the line HP calculator should always be the best calculator ever made, but that hasn't been the case for a while. I've owned HP calculators since the US-made 28C. The two predecessors to the 50G were seriously flawed, mainly due to bad keyboards. Meanwhile, HP was doing some great things that got lost under the keyboard misery.The HP50G is where everything comes together. This is a really fast calculator that emulates the old CPU, while progressively more and more functionality has been made native. The keyboard is very good. It's not quite as good as the great old keyboards, but it's almost as good. Considering how fast it is, how good the display is, how good the documentation is and the large body of programs available for download, this is an awesome product. I dropped it from a table to a hard concrete floor two days ago, and no damage.Digital camera Review: Best High-End Calculator
Summary: 5 Stars
The HP50G eliminates the keyboard problems that plagued the 49G+. With this change, this unit runs head-to-head with the TI89. But if you like RPN as I do, the 50G is the only one to choose. The 50G has powerful programming capabilities. The infrared transmitter and SD card capability is compatible with the 49G+. The manual included is brief, but you can download pdf manuals from HP for the 49G+ that serve well for the 50G. These include the 175-page user's manual, the 862-page user's guide, and the 635-page advanced user's reference manual.
HP calculator quality is back! I expect to be using this model as long as I have the HP11C (still running and in use since 1982) and the HP48G (since 1994).