Amoxtli@thelemmy.club to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 4 days agoTexas Instruments made a new flagship graphing calculator: the TI-84 Evo - Engadgetwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up118
arrow-up118external-linkTexas Instruments made a new flagship graphing calculator: the TI-84 Evo - Engadgetwww.engadget.comAmoxtli@thelemmy.club to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareagent_nycto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoI think TI has a racket or monopoly going on, using contacts with schools to make their calculators the mandatory ones they have to use.
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoAnd effectively mandatory in schools that didn’t make it truly mandatory. I had to explain a LOT that yes, this is a proper calculator, it’s just a Casio because it was $50 instead of $150.
minus-squareResistingArrest@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoTI and collegeboard have been in bed together for years.
I think TI has a racket or monopoly going on, using contacts with schools to make their calculators the mandatory ones they have to use.
And effectively mandatory in schools that didn’t make it truly mandatory. I had to explain a LOT that yes, this is a proper calculator, it’s just a Casio because it was $50 instead of $150.
TI and collegeboard have been in bed together for years.