21 Oct
2011
21 Oct
'11
1:38 p.m.
I haven't read every single post on this topic, but has anyone mentioned
the HP15C-LE (Limited Edition) that HP just released? I bought one and
I tried one out at an HPCC meeting and I was very disapointed. After
eveyone telling me how great the 15C was, I was not impressed.
Yes, it was a great machine for its time, and as such I regards the
origianl 15C as being a very interesting machine. But if you're going to
buy a calcualtor now (and thus put up with modern build quality, etc)
there are better choics (the 15C LE is about the same price as the 50G,
for exmaple).
it is quite true to its name. It actually runs the
original microcode
on an emulator, so the same bugs the original had are still there.
Along with some others that weren't in the original. The PSE bug, for
example (I've alredy been contcated by a fellow HPCC member to ask what
he was doing wrong when he hit that bug).
The keyboard feel is not as good as the original either. And it's not as
well made from what I've seen.
-tony