New HP 50G Calculator

I needed a replacement for my aging HP-39G so here it is.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• HP
• 50G
• Casio
• 9860G
• Ti
• 89
• Graphing
• Calculator
• Calculus

[ZB90]

Watch it in HD, the standard quality doesn't do anyone justice. :]

[RafalKosc]

You have HP 50g and you use an algebraic mode? wtf with you?

[DJOmnimaga]

Yeah but can it run Crysis?

[Calculusk]

@Vermiliontea LOL .... xD /// nice 1

[Vermiliontea]

Using a HP 50G in algebraic mode is somewhat akin to buy a Bentley GT, cut the wires to AC and to the spark plugs of like 7 of the 12 cylinders, smash all the windows, rip out all leather, and replace seats with folding camping chairs. It's possible to contrieve an argument that the changes are 'irrelevant', that it still can take you from A to B. But my suggestion is to not listen to that. Learn RPN. It takes 10 minutes. And no one who ever did have regretted it.

[Vermiliontea]

@HAWKSTR07 (continued2) But the HP 50G is ultimately just a 49G+ with manufacturing issues sorted out and some hardware and software polishing tweaks. While it's still the most powerful traditional calculator for professional work, if HP sees a future for this market segment (not certain), then it's a fair guess that some kind of completely new replacement could be only 1-3 years off? I wouldn't entirely trust that though. It might only be school calculators from here on. :-(

[Vermiliontea]

@HAWKSTR07 Sofar, still the HP 50G. You just put it into RPN mode and change a few flags, like set 'soft menu', and learn that the -> cursor key is also the SWAP key, and learn that the ENTER key is down by bottom right. Annoying at first, but comes natural enough after a while. IMO the 50G is better and more satisfying than 48GX in every way, ...- functionally (!) speaking. The manufacturing quality is clean and nice enough, but not on par with 48GX. But today, nothing is.

[HAWKSTR07]

What would be a replacement for HP48gx???



[sbergman27]

@Vermiliontea "and wheels get kept, because why reinvent them, eh?"

Funny you should put it that way. Because it's one thing the 41C and TI-59 had in common. The synthetic polymer wheels in those card readers *did* need to be reinvented. I recently replaced mine with a modern one. The original was a wad of goo that could easily be mistaken for a bit of hot roofing tar. Then again, it did make it 34 years past the warranty expiration. ;-)

[Vermiliontea]

@sbergman27 Of course you're right. Everything is based on something. Ideas spawn new ideas, etc., and wheels get kept, because why reinvent them, eh?

It will be exciting to see if HP intends to release a new RPN- top dog in their upcoming new technology family (I'm sure you know about this already ;) ) I could understand if it's just school calculators though, market size etc.

[sbergman27]

@Vermiliontea It depends on how restrictively one defines "breed". HP41C was a tremendous break from everything which came before it. (HP67/97, TI-59, etc.) The alphanumeric capability was not just an i/o thing, as is easily could have been. It was integrated into the programming language itself. (A "revolution", it's fair to say.) & many of the alphanumeric commands live on today in the 50g. I already knew the 48GX when I first programmed a 41, and that heritage just jumped out at me, unbidden.