Good powerbook for typing/using the graphing calculator?

majormattmajormatt
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Can anyone recommend one?



PB 520c? 180?



I just want to use it for typing / using that graphing calculator in the apple menu instead of my TI-83

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 6
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    get a TI-89
  • Reply 2 of 6
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    The 500 series PowerBooks are excellent. You could go smaller and get a Duo, which will weigh 4-5 lbs.



    I'd suggest avoiding the 520c, though, and get a 540c instead. The active matrix screen is really worth it, and you won't pay much more for an active one than you will for a passive one.



    You might want to look into some other graphing calculator applications, that might be more powerful and/or optimized for 68k machines.



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  • Reply 3 of 6
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    actually the graphing calculator app requires a PPC chip, so 68k macs are out



    i still thing you should get a TI-89
  • Reply 4 of 6
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    I'm sure you could find a 68k compatible graphing calculator app that is as good as the TI-89... didja know the TI-89 uses a compact 12 MHz 68000 chip? Yeah... so it's about as powerful as a PowerBook 100, which uses a 16 MHz 68000.



    I don't know if one is out there but you may as well look.
  • Reply 5 of 6
    majormattmajormatt Posts: 1,077member
    Well, if I got a TI-89, typing up assigments and papers would be rather hard



    Arnt those calcs around $150 <img src="graemlins/surprised.gif" border="0" alt="[surprised]" />



    I know the Pacific Tech calculator is for 68K, the version 1.1 one because I ran it on a color classic.
  • Reply 6 of 6
    majormattmajormatt Posts: 1,077member
    I found a $199 Powerbook 3400c. Would that be a good deal?
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