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- From: clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon VE3XCL)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
- Subject: Re: The "high price" of the HP48!
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- Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 16:58:15 EST
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- In article <PHR.92Dec31121439@napa.telebit.com>, Paul Rubin writes:
-
- > In article <jcFds*740@lemsys.UUCP> clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon VE3XCL) writes:
- >
- > I am a University student (in case you can't tell by the .sig).
- > I'm not rich. I'm not the son of a major dignitary or world power (just
- > thought I'd clear that up :-). The HP-48 is a _tool_ for your education.
- > You require a good calculator (for engineering anyways).
- >
- > Why? Given access to a good computer, I didn't feel any need at all
- > for a fancy calculator. The $10 Sharp nonprogrammable unit that I
- > used was adequate for all my pocket calculator needs.
-
- Well good for you. I guess you enjoy doing matrix operations etc..
- by hand then. Bully for you.
-
- > I found it quite
- > worthwhile to purchase a GOOD calculator to replace my aging and broken
- > calc. I've been using through high school.
- >
- > What did the HP48 do for you that a $10 calculator wouldn't have *and*
-
- Last, trig, plot, matrices, accept expansions...
-
- > a computer wouldn't have?
-
- be portable.
-
- > If you don't buy an HP, chances are you'll have to buy another one before
- > you're done school anyways.
- >
- > So what? I can afford quite a few $10 calculators for the price of an HP48.
-
- Once again, if you like $10 calculators.
-
- > You are investing in your education when you
- > buy a calculator. So you save $70 by not buying HP. Is that a big deal in
- > the long run?
- >
- > I have no question that it's an investment in my education. My question
- > is whether it's a GOOD investment, i.e. whether whether I'd get more
- > education per dollar by upgrading my computer, or buying more textbooks,
- > or hiring someone to do my laundry so I can spend more time studying, etc.
- > And I believe I saved more than $70 by not buying an HP48. If I could
- > get an HP48 for $80, I probably would have gotten one, but they were
- > more like $300 (I think they're a little less now).
- >
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