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From: ekn@loglule.se (Erik Karlsson)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: RPN Calculators
Message-ID: <2201@miramon.loglule.se>
Date: 24 Nov 89 12:13:42 GMT
References: <2148@leah.Albany.Edu> <22400001@hpcvia.CV.HP.COM> <1989Nov13.151208.3559@gdt.bath.ac.uk>
Reply-To: ekn@loglule.SE (Erik Karlsson)
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In article <1989Nov13.151208.3559@gdt.bath.ac.uk> exspes@gdr.bath.ac.uk (P E Smee) writes:
>In article <22400001@hpcvia.CV.HP.COM> otmar@hpcvia.CV.HP.COM (Otmar_Borchard) writes:
>>
>>So what's wrong with HP calculators?   :-)
>>
>Overpriced.  (For my pocketbook.  Not sure there *is* an objective meaning
>for 'overpriced'.)  Other than that they're great, and I'd own a fancier
>one than the one I do if it cost what I expect a calculator of that sort
>to cost....

	Paul- 

	I don't think they're overpriced. Mechanically they're wonderful.
	I mean... Press a button on a HP calculator, and do the same on a
	Casio. Using a Casio, without staring at the display, to be sure
	all your inputs are accepted, is quite impossible. On an HP there is
	no such problem. At my work I've got an HP-32S, and I love it, but
	at home I've got a Casio FX-602 P (bought in '82). The Casio is a
	very good calculator, but its keyboard is quite a problem.

	What I'd like to say about HP is that they're good and cost a lot
	of money, but they're not expensive. And absolutely not overpriced.
	It's a kind of calculator that is not, primarily, intended for
	students, rather professional use, and *I* wouldn't like that to
	change. We can't compromise with their mechanical and anatomical
	qualities.

	HP! Keep up your good work with calculators, don't fall into the
	low-budget market. :-)

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