Amoxtli@thelemmy.club to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 months agoTexas Instruments made a new flagship graphing calculator: the TI-84 Evo - Engadgetwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down11
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkTexas Instruments made a new flagship graphing calculator: the TI-84 Evo - Engadgetwww.engadget.comAmoxtli@thelemmy.club to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squareagent_nycto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoI think TI has a racket or monopoly going on, using contacts with schools to make their calculators the mandatory ones they have to use.
minus-squareResistingArrest@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoTI and collegeboard have been in bed together for years.
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoAnd effectively mandatory in schools that didn’t make it truly mandatory. I had to explain a LOT that yes, this is a proper calculator, it’s just a Casio because it was $50 instead of $150.
I think TI has a racket or monopoly going on, using contacts with schools to make their calculators the mandatory ones they have to use.
TI and collegeboard have been in bed together for years.
And effectively mandatory in schools that didn’t make it truly mandatory. I had to explain a LOT that yes, this is a proper calculator, it’s just a Casio because it was $50 instead of $150.