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- From: phr@telebit.com (Paul Rubin)
- Subject: Re: The "high price" of the HP48!
- In-Reply-To: kolstad@cae.wisc.edu's message of 26 Dec 92 05:29:35 CST
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- References: <1992Dec21.132830.5946@doug.cae.wisc.edu> <1992Dec22.144437.11595@mixcom.com>
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 06:02:40 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec26.052935.17881@doug.cae.wisc.edu> kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad) writes:
- In article <PHR.92Dec25155736@napa.telebit.com> phr@telebit.com (Paul Rubin) writes:
- > I agree. I do not understand those who buy the Casios and the TIs because
- > the 48 is just "too expensive".
- >
- >I felt that paying my rent was more important than having a fancy
- >calculator.
-
- Paying tuition for a four year public college is going to run you at least
- $10,000. Four year tuition at, say, MIT can easily run you $75,000.
-
- Are you suggesting that since you're already facing crushing bills
- from tuition, you might as well drop another $200+ for a flashy
- calculator? By that logic you might as well buy a house now,
- given what your rent payments are going to add up to over the
- next few decades. Clearly you have no experience of the economic
- realities faced by most college students. Most are more concerned
- with how they're going to pay for next week's groceries than
- whether their calculator can outcompute a Vax 780 or only a Vax 750.
-