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Anyone know of a store or website that sells good graphing calcs that are not too expensive?

if u want a good one i think ur gonna have to pay the big bucks but u can try like ebay or something.

haha yea graphing calculators arent cheap at all. but i suppose u could try ebay, that might work.

the cheapest i've seen is 70 bucks at office depot..it comes with free pens too

I got a Texas TI-82 for ?50. (Texas graphic calculators are very good) upgrading to the TI-83 is ?70, and the TI-83+ is ?100.



So... You could try them

Staples. Or Office Max or something. I got a Casio. Those are always cool. Heh.

TI-82 is the standard at my school, so pretty much everyone is expected to have one. People with Casios and such have a harder time keeping up with everything because stuff is so different so check into what is expected at your school and if you're going to go with another brand, know the calculator very well before you even start.



Ebay has some good calculators cheap (look for the "Buy It Now" symbol if you don't want to mess around with bidding). Type in the calculator type you need and then "graphing calculator" in the search box and you should get some results. Check and see if you can find some new ones, if not some barely used ones. You can get really good deals on Ebay sometimes (I got $70 software for $23, brand new unregistered.)

London Drugs sells good, cheap calculators. Its where I got mine.

Originally posted by iAmAStreaker+Aug 16 2003, 08:34 PM--<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'<tr<tdQUOTE (iAmAStreaker @ Aug 16 2003, 08:34 PM)</td</tr<tr<td id='QUOTE'<!--QuoteBegin-princess_of_everything@Aug 14 2003, 02:37 PM

the cheapest i've seen is 70 bucks at office depot..it comes with free pens too?

$70? Whoa. Mine was like $40 or something. Whoa.[/b][/quote]



Heh. Mine was like $90 or something.

Should I buy a calculator that is really good and last me throughout college for should I buy the less expensive ones and replace them yearly?

I bought mine for about ?20, it was from a computer fair

no...i think the least expensive ones are like 80 bucks

uhm n ope bc i theyre llioke a 100$ bc i went to office max & had to get one too

Originally posted by radical~@Aug 17 2003, 03:22 AM

Should I buy a calculator that is really good and last me throughout college for should I buy the less expensive ones and replace them yearly?

i say expensive one bc itll be cheaper in the long run bc say like 15 a year times well how ever many years ya have left & think about it

Originally posted by iAmAStreaker+Aug 16 2003, 07:34 PM--<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'<tr<tdQUOTE (iAmAStreaker @ Aug 16 2003, 07:34 PM)</td</tr<tr<td id='QUOTE'<!--QuoteBegin-princess_of_everything@Aug 14 2003, 02:37 PM

the cheapest i've seen is 70 bucks at office depot..it comes with free pens too?

$70? Whoa. Mine was like $40 or something. Whoa.[/b][/quote]



i live in the most expensive part of the world...even the gum costs like 3 bucks lol

hrmm wow where do you ppl shop? i need to go there..my parents just look at one online and bought the first one they saw $210...i suppose if they looked around they'd have found a cheaper one...damn fools wasting money...but yeah most common round here is the TI-83



*~*kepanie*~*

I'm not a big fan of the TI83, its main feature over the 82 is its larger archive memory.

I am a big fan of the TI-86 though, it and the 82 were standards at my HS. Both are good calcs, but the 86 has better programing functions, a smoother interface, and more memory.



Just remember that any model higher than the 86 cannot be used at SAT/ACT tests, such as the 89 and 92. Those bad boys will automatically solve an equation if you simply enter it.

My calculator was expensive. My TI-83 Plus ran me 94 bucks at Wal-Mart!



But I'm sure you can get it cheaper tho.

the one i bought 3 years ago was $100... but they are a bit cheaper these days, i think. i saw one at target for only $30 on sale.



i recommend a TI-83 --they're the best for many different types of math and very easy to use (not to mention good gaming capabilities!)