240 of 243 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
52 Year Old Rates The TI 84 SPlus, 12 July 2005
By David E. Schlewitz "Davey" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: TI-84 Plus Silver (Office Product)
I have owned the TI 82 and TI 83S Silver Plus before this. TheTI 84 is another wonderful product from Texas Instruments for the student in high School or College student. Any complaints about speed is irrelevant. I personally found the TI 84 very easy to read, fast, nice case-I like it better the TI 83 Silver case-and it included some programs that were not on the TI 83. It is supposed to have other stuff that the TI 83 did not have but I did not notice this. This is because I bought it to assist me in Algebra, trig and etc. For the money it is a great investment and a very useful tool. I will say that one area I noticed a great difference in was viewing the window. For me, (and I wear bi-focals) the TI 84 was noticeable in its clearer image and etc. Hope this is helpfu. -Dave
103 of 112 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good product -a little pricy, 23 Sep 2005
By Wizard of Oz - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: TI-84 Plus Silver (Office Product)
Got this for my son to replace a lost TI-83plus.
Some nice improvements but a much better value to get the standard edition instead of the silver edition. Silver addition provides a few additional preloaded programs and is great if you are not price sensitive.
Retailers are very competitive with the standard edition and are not discounting the silver edition as heavily.
I wasn't price sensitive so I dropped some additional cash for a slightly better product.
Recommendation: If you want bang for the buck, stick with the standard edition. If price doesn't matter, the silver edition does the trick
67 of 73 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
calculator is great; PC interface software disappoints, 2 Sep 2006
By Phillip M. Feldman - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: TI-84 Plus Silver (Office Product)
The TI-84 Plus Silver Edition is a powerful calculator with almost every function that one could desire, a powerful programming environment, and a well-organized keyboard.
On the other hand, the calculator-computer interface is slow and the PC software is limited and poorly documented. One can transfer programs from the calculator to the computer or vice versa, but this capability is not documented in the user manual. I would like to be able to edit a calculator program on the computer, but it appears that this is not possible.
I also have one complaint with the programming environment-- There should be a "break" or "done" command to exit from a loop without using a goto.
Based on my current knowledge, I would rate this product at 4 stars rather than 3 (Amazon does not permit me to change this).
Dr. Phillip M. Feldman