Texas Instruments TI-83 Plus Graphic Calculator

Pros: Easy to use; Lots of capability
Cons: Display cannot be paged- up or down; Not adequate for advanced students

Texas Instruments is one of the foremost names in electronic devices for consumers. Makers of printers, data converters, power modules, interface products, and other electronic/computer items, TI is one of the best-known names in electronics. My ...

Pros: Does Everything
Cons: Theft Magnet

I bought this calculator for my daughter three years ago. It was something that she had to have for math class. When we went to back to school night and the teacher told us that our children would be needing this $ 100.00 calculator, I think I had to...

Pros: It is faster and has more storage space.
Cons: Resolution could have been better.

When I started my classes at San Francisco State University almost a year and a half ago, I had to take lots of math classes as my major was Computer Science. I wanted to get a calculator that would make calculation in my Calculus ...

Pros: memory, durability, multiple functionality, games, and most of all: it's silver!
Cons: difficult to comprehend at first, slightly pricey

I bought this calculator for the Calculus class I took in high school. I was constantly borrowing other peoples’ calculators to supplement my simply scientific one throughout my Algebra and Analysis classes, and finally decided to save up some money and ...

Pros: This is the god of all calculators.
Cons: Gods, though omniscient, are often difficult to understand.

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I have a confession to make. I do not like math. In fact, you might go so far as to say that I hate it. I hate math right down to its disgustingly numerical innards. I harbor an extreme dislike...

Pros: Games, Programs, Equation Solver
Cons: None

All my life, I was required to use a regular calculator that was only $5. Then I moved to Richboro, Pa and was required to use a TI-83. I went out to buy it and it was $100. I thought that was the most unreasonable price ever, so I bought it. As I...

Pros: Powerful without being a handicap, durable
Cons: Might not be worth the extra money

When starting college, I realized that, among other things, I had forgotten my calculator back at home. I had been using a TI-85 for the four years of high school, and decided rather than have my parents ship my old one out, I’d just get a new one. The ...

Pros: Lots of customization, works great for science, math, etc., you don't really have a choice
Cons: Pricy, slow transfer rates and weak software, discontinued

I've always felt that TI has a monopoly on the calculater industry. I mean every school recommends a TI 83 plus and that seems kind of fishy to me. But I have to give credit, the TI calcs do a pretty good job and they probably are the best around given ...

Pros: Does many calculations required for courses. Fast.
Cons: Difficult to "figure out." Some poor design features.

I purchased this calculator upon the recommendation of the "math department" at the university I am currently attending. Knowing very little about graphing calculators, I would say it was a blind purchase. I chose the Silver Edition over the regular...

Pros: Documentation, software, and instruction is EVERYWHERE.
Cons: Expensive, underpowered, apparently designed by a dyslexic monkey.

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On a certain level the TI series...

Pros: Pocket-Sized, 12mb Memory, Huge Assortment of math funtions, Available for use on many tests
Cons: 4 AAAs, Complicated, Games are a distraction

Many math classes now require the use of a graphing calculators as a supplement to their courses. Most classes actually recommend the TI-83 as the graphing calculator you should use. Its affordable and does everything you'd ever need it to do, without ...

Pros: Light weight, well somewhat; large range of math & financial functions.
Cons: Expensive!

It’s time for me to head back to school, DeVry University’s Keller Graduate School of Management that is.  This time I am in pursuit of my MBA with a concentration in Networking and Telecommunications. Why pursue a ...

Pros: Loads of features, full alphabetic keyboard, can run programs.
Cons: Needs 4 AAA batteries, but they last a very long time.

Product

The TI-83 plus is a graphing calculator made by Texas Instruments. Its price is under $100 and includes many features that are very useful to students.


Features

Just taking a look at the key...

Pros: Takes a licking and keeps on Ticking. Intuitive layout.
Cons: Makes math your friend ...

Texas Instruments are the standard for graphing and advanced function calculators. What makes the TI-83 plus special :

1. Its not just a TI 83, but a TI 83 plus.
Obviously, some changes were made. So it must be better than its...

Pros: Only calculator to do Statistical Tests, as well as most other functions
Cons: Doesn't do symbolic integration and differentiation

There are many graphing calculators to choose from - so which one do you pick? The TI calculators are the most commonly used. I have a Casio & the TI and the TI is much better. It is easier to follow and easier to use. You don't have to use a MENU...