Casio Graphing Scientific Calculator Fx-9860GIII Comes with MicroPython
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Re: Casio Graphing Scientific Calculator Fx-9860GIII Comes with MicroPython
#2It's a shame it has a screen that looks like it came from the turn of the century.
Re: Casio Graphing Scientific Calculator Fx-9860GIII Comes with MicroPython
#3It's a shame it has a screen that looks like it came from the turn of the century.
It appears that the FX-CG50, which has a color screen, comes with Python[0] . Still nowhere near the display you would expect on an entry-level mobile phone, but then probably doesn't have the same power draw either.
Re: Casio Graphing Scientific Calculator Fx-9860GIII Comes with MicroPython
#4It's a shame it has a screen that looks like it came from the turn of the century.
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Re: Casio Graphing Scientific Calculator Fx-9860GIII Comes with MicroPython
#5It's a shame it has a screen that looks like it came from the turn of the century.
It appears that the FX-CG50, which has a color screen, comes with Python[0] . Still nowhere near the display you would expect on an entry-level mobile phone, but then probably doesn't have the same power draw either. [0] https://education.casio.co.uk/products/cg50
Casio Classpad fx-cp400 features the biggest display in a graphic calculator (comparable with mobile phones).
Re: Casio Graphing Scientific Calculator Fx-9860GIII Comes with MicroPython
#6It's a shame it has a screen that looks like it came from the turn of the century.
Calculators are not exactly premium devices, even though you'd likely think otherwise when you have to buy the anointed model for your kids' school.
That said, Casio is probably churning these things out with a BOM around $5-$10, so you can't really expect much from the display. We're spoiled by our phones, which (weirdly enough) have no single, definitive "good" calculator on either iOS or Android (and can't be used in class anyway).
Re: Casio Graphing Scientific Calculator Fx-9860GIII Comes with MicroPython
#7It's a shame it has a screen that looks like it came from the turn of the century.
Calculators are not exactly premium devices, even though you'd likely think otherwise when you have to buy the anointed model for your kids' school. That said, Casio is probably churning these things out with a BOM around $5-$10, so you can't really expect much from the display. We're spoiled by our phones, which (weirdly enough) have no single, definitive "good" calculator on either iOS or Android (and can't be used…
in some schools phones are allowed for educational purposes only
Re: Casio Graphing Scientific Calculator Fx-9860GIII Comes with MicroPython
#8It's a shame it has a screen that looks like it came from the turn of the century.
Calculators are not exactly premium devices, even though you'd likely think otherwise when you have to buy the anointed model for your kids' school. That said, Casio is probably churning these things out with a BOM around $5-$10, so you can't really expect much from the display. We're spoiled by our phones, which (weirdly enough) have no single, definitive "good" calculator on either iOS or Android (and can't be used…
Graphic calculators are extremely expensive for what they provide (compared to a cheap phone). Only thing holding them up is regulation (ie. being allowed in class and at certain exams), because otherwise, even a cheap phone can emulate a classical calculator (eg. hp 49g for us RPN fans), not to mention more advance tools (from apps to wolfram alpha).
Re: Casio Graphing Scientific Calculator Fx-9860GIII Comes with MicroPython
#9Relative to other graphing calculators, I've always felt that Casio's offerings were a good value relative to TI- ever since TI captured the education market they stopped being cool and definitely stopped being a good value. I think that having Python is a neat feature. I have strong opinions about calculators in general, and have owned a wide range of Casio, HP, TI, and even some old/niche ones that only real calculator nerds will recognize (like the Sinclair Cambridge and Elektronika Mk52).
With that said, we really need to let calculators go- collectors can still get excited for them, but they are a waste of money at schools. You know what else can do calculations? The smartphones and computers that practically every student has access to. There may be some really poor communities where we can't assume that a student has access to a computer and it's either a $5 calculator or nothing. But other than those really poor communities, nobody spends ~$100 on a calculator without alread having access to a more powerful computer. Smartphone penetration is high even in "kind of poor" communities where most people don't own a computer. Learning Python on a calculator is less transferable than learning Python on anything else. You can get a Python environment on Android, iOS, Windows, MacOS, every flavor of Linux, and probably a dozen other things that I don't know about. Don't buy this calculator for any educational reason, buy it because you're the calculator equivalent of a sneakerhead.
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