My dad bought 2 HP32sii's back in the day for his engineering work and I've been using one for physics classes, it's a really solid calculator. My physics professor got me hooked on rpn calculators since he only uses an HP35S (to the dismay of all my classmates with only Ti84's), so I bought the DM42 recently to give myself the best of both worlds between the 32 and the 42.
Update for Mar 2024. Our school purchased 8 of these calculators for our UIL contest. The current calculator kids will probably not change over this year. But next years freshmen will start using these.
@@johan0234523 yes that seems to be most folks recommendation. But i think their is an advantage to the newer DM32 hardware, the unit conversions, and USB-C. My usage is using it as a flight computer with a bunch of programs I had written for a HP41 that’s on its last days. I realize I’ll have to rewrite them.
Hi ! You mention that the calculator feels good, but I was wondering if you could comment further on the key feel. I was wondering how stiff they were, relative to the dm42. I was wondering if the resistance would be noticeable for the number crunching part of the Calculator Apps test. From my students opinions: 35s - sloppily, keys don't sometimes register if you go fast enough. 15c CE - pretty good, but a little key bounce at times, and the keys may not register sometimes, but way more responsive than 35s DM42- Realy stiff ( and this is after I opened up the calculator and flexed the keys a little further) Prime - Pretty good, but the life on the keys is a litte limited, with hard use, and sometimes misses an input. 42s and 32sii - the best button feel, responsiveness, as good as it gets.
Yes, the DM 32 and DM 42 have a similar click feel. They are manufactured similarly. Obvious. I am punching a HP 32sii that is about 40 years old, and it has a similar but muted feel. Amazing that the HP still works! But I am about to have my school buy several DM 32 calculators.
Thank you I figured that was the case, I'm assuming with more use they will get softer lol. @@wadehood7238 If you don't mind sharing, what process are you using. I wanted to have the school order directly from SwissMicros, but they weren't sure of the proper paperwork. I did see they were on Amazon so I was thinking maybe that maybe going that route. Thank you
I heard that the DM32 can beep/make noise. In UIL (or it might just be TMSCA), noises or sounds will result in disqualification. I was wondering if the sounds only happen if a certain thing is done and is there a way to mute it?
The calculator I am using has not made any noises beyond the button clicks. I don’t know if I had the settings turned off for noise, but I have not experienced any beeps.
