Texas Instruments TI-30X IIS 2-Line Scientific Calculator
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Customer Review: Missing commas as separators
Summary: 4 Stars
I have the TI 30X-IIS, a nice dual power, 2 line calculator. It has one feature missing, the fraction bar key, that another TI has. Other than that, pretty much the perfect machine for me... except it does not use a comma in numbers to separate the thousands place: it displays ten-thousand as 10000 instead of my preference 10,000
I know, most people probably do not care, I must have some kind of dyslexia because when I see 4589339 I have no idea what that is, as compared to 4,589,339 which I instantly recognized as 4 million, 5 hundred thousand,etc.
I'm looking around for another calc, one that has a 2 line display, that works with fractions and decimal conversions, the basic stuff, AND displays numbers with the lil' comma. I would prefer a TI.
Customer Review: TI-30X
Summary: 5 Stars
From reading most peoples bad reviews, they seem to want a standard scientific calculator. THIS IS NOT A STANDARD SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR AND NOT A GRAPHING CALCULATOR.
The purpose of this calculator is to replace your TI-83 or 84 if you can't use a graphing calculator on a test. The idea is that it has the same layout as those graphing calculators. Personally, I love my TI-84 and hate that I can't use it on tests, and I hated practicing to use a standard scientific calculator. One of my friends had this calculator and I borrowed it, tried it for two minutes, and was like "What the hell have I been wasting my time around with other calculators for."
Bottom line: Buy this calculator if you can't use your 84 on a test.
Customer Review: Annoying key problem.
Summary: 3 Stars
First of all: I own a bunch of different calculators from the TI line,the TI-30, the TI-84, TI-89, and I owned a TI-83 at one point.
Ok, this calculator, the TI-30X IIS works, but I have an issue with the buttons.
The keys feel sticky almost.
Some times you push them, but the number doesn't register. You have to press with exactly the right amount of force to get it to register. And the tolerance for that force is very small. If you press down just a tiny bit to hard, or use just a tiny bit less force, the key-press doesn't register.
That said, the calculator works, and it has two lines of text.
The only reason I got this calculator was that I needed it for General Chemistry.
Customer Review: Impressive calculator for little money
Summary: 4 Stars
I normally don't have positive comments about the low-end TI calculators, but the TI-30x IIs (30x) is the exception. The more I use it, the more I like it and understand why it is one of the accepted calculators for the actuarial exams. My favorite (30x) features:- easy to read two line display with edit buttons - easy to use statistical and probability functions - great 5 memory register set-up - the standard scientific keys - intuitive arrangement between display and keystrokes This calculator has just the right combo of power and simplicity to use under test pressure situations or for everyday non high- end use. Amazingly, the (30x) case feels better in quality terms than the higher priced BA II Plus. Well done, TI.
Customer Review: Just a calculator
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this calculator specifically because it was the scientific calculator approved for use on SOA/CAS actuarial exams. It has some nice features for such an inexpensive calculator. Its two line display is nice for keeping track of what you've done and avoiding typos, and it can do some fairly heavy duty statistics. It's also very easy to chain commands together.
I have almost never used this calculator outside of exams. Everything it does well is faster and easier with a graphing calculator (I've regularly used a TI-82 and a TI-84 Plus).
I've had to buy 2 of these because the first one I bought broke after about three months. The second has worked fine for over two years.