Texas Instruments BA II Plus Professional Financial Calculator by Texas Instruments
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Digital camera Review: Great Deal
Summary: 5 Stars
Great deal on a nice financial calculator. Half the price I'd pay at the university bookstore. Digital camera Review: The best financial calculator I've used.
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had experience with the standard BA-II Plus, the HP 12c, and this, the BA-II Plus Professional. Compared to the standard BA-II Plus, this one has a few extra functions which would have been useful if I had had this calculator during my college finance classes, but which now I don't have much use for at work. More than that though, the buttons on this version are far superior to the BA-II Plus. I found the buttons on that calculator far too soft, whereas this has a satisfying click that can be both felt and heard when a button pressed, much like the 12c does. I have notices that if buttons are pressed to quickly/lightly, they may not register, so I would just caution you to watch as you type, or to type slightly more deliberately if you notice a problem.
I also prefer this calculator to the HP 12c I have at work, although I do have far more experience using TI calculators, so I may be biased towards their interface already. That being said, while the RPN on the 12c is very useful for nesting several operations, the chain operations on the BA-II in combination with () buttons work just as well. However, I try to avoid nesting function after function on a calculator with only one display line in either case.
This brings me to my one complaint with the BA-II Plus Professional, as well as every other financial calculator: I want a financial calculator with a multi-line display! TI has recently released the 30XS Multiview, which gives me a scientific calculator with a 4-line display. When TI comes to its senses and does the same for a financial calculator, I'll be singing its praises all around.
Digital camera Review: Great Tool
Summary: 5 Stars
I had a choice to make for college. It was either buy the BA II Plus Financial calculator or the BA II Plus Professional Financial Calculator. Either one would have been good for the finance and accounting courses I am taking currently. However, my decision came down to the matter of which one would be a better tool and purchase for after college and into the professional world and graduate school world. It came down to this version. Simply put, it has more tools on it that are good for finance and accounting, which made the difference.
If you are looking for a calculator that will be a great purchase for years to come, this is the calculator for you.
Digital camera Review: Very fast shipping to Australia
Summary: 4 Stars
Don't get ripped off by the stores here. Amazon ships really fast to Melbourne
took only 4 days. Best of all they charge u in AUD so u won't have to pay forex fees
Digital camera Review: Almost Great!
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this calculator because it is only one of two calculators allowed for use on the CFA exam. I have been very pleased with the calculator so far. In my MBA Real Estate Investments class it performed like a champ. I was able to perform NPV, IRR, and Amortization calculations faster and simpler than my classmates who were using the recommended HP 10B. Amortization is especially easier because the 10B limits the number of periods to 90, but the BAII allows longer, more realistic amortization periods like 360 for a 30 year mortgage. This calculator also processes much faster than the HP calculators.
This calculator has two big disadvantages compared to the HP 17BII+:
1) The BAII can only handle numbers to the single billion digit (10 digits).
2) The TVM function requires more key strokes than 17BII+.
Other than those two things, I really like this calculator.