*Updates:* (11/30/21): Annoyingly, RU-vid has removed the public dislike count. If you'd like to see the dislike count on this video, I suggest installing the 'Return RU-vid Dislike' extension (Firefox, Chrome, Edge). Good news! Python is now officially released for the HP Prime! Just update your calculator to get the new Python app! For those confused about tags like #ABA or #B1S I've made a thread that explains what these mean: www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-15386.html *(12/4/2020):* The price of the HP Prime G2 has dropped to $124 on Amazon! Be sure you look for the model ID 2AP18AA to ensure it's the G2 model. HP just released a software update that adds support for a *LCD refresh rate of 125hz* ! Although the colors and viewing angles are still terrible, the 125hz display is quite a unique feature for a calculator. Stay tuned, I'll be covering it in an upcoming video!
At this point, why would you want to use your HP prime as a PC???, just install Python on a PC and forget using it on the calculator it is not even practical, it is a very complex language which will wear out your keyboard very fast, you know, keys have a limited number of times it can be pressed before it fails, so you want to key in the least times and still have an efficient program, this language just throws that factor out ! it's not even practical, unless there is a way of connecting an external keyboard to your Prime, but again , at that point is more comfortable to do it on a PC, look at this video, so that you clearly see what i mean, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-s-TC6TQGLeM.html
@@Chrls5 I'm confused why you thought the HP Prime was suppose to replace a PC? It's designed to be first and foremost a calculator. I also don't know where you got the idea that programming the calculator will wear out the keys quickly. If you look on Ebay for the HP 48g or TI-83 Plus, the vast majority of these calculators that are 20+ years old still have buttons that function perfectly. Python was added because of the standardized tests and curriculum in Europe that require it. Students may not be able to afford or bring a laptop into the classroom/exam room, but a calculator is much more accessible to them. I agree Python isn't the most efficient to type out but to compensate for that, HP has added on screen menus that bring up templates and commands. Python is such a widely known and available language, unfortunately, it's just not worth it to invest time into languages like RPL.
@@TheLastMillennial I think that it was the Windows XP background shot @4:26 that confused him. As for wearing out the buttons, my 15C from the mid 80s is still going strong.
I got my prime g2 nine months ago, (partially due to this review), and I must say, absolutely best scientific graphic calculator that I have ever owned. superb.
@@TheLastMillennial its speed and functionality is amazing 2300+ functions! Totally impressive. Your review if one of the best that I have ever seen. thank you so much. wondering if you could do a video on operation, and specifically PPL programing, would love to see that video.
I’ve had my HP prime since 2014, and have only set the clock once. I just checked the clock now, and it’s only off by 22 minutes, including date. 22 minutes over the course of 6 years is really impressive for a calculator.
My G2 that I've had since 2019 is off by 7 minutes. Sad to say, I have only had it on for a couple of minutes and I've only charged it once to the best of my recollection (my 15C is still my favorite). Not too bad.
The Ti 84 should be compared to the HP50G and not to the Prime. The best calculator HP has ever done was the HP48GX and I with they put the prime hardware inside the 48 box. These older slower machines have slow processors but that makes their batteries last months. The older 48 and 50 also enabled assembly programming and there are tons of very well done software for them including the CAS that HP later incorporated on the 50G. The 50G does not have the same buttons and case as the 48 (a pity) but is more complete. Long time HP users will always with HP had built their new HP graphing calculator on the 48 case. I find the colors on the Prime buttons (and text size) to be way too small and hard to read. HP calculators were used by engineers and Ti by high school students ... HP went for the Ti market and left engineers behind. People are already working on an app to make it behave like the 50G.
I have a love/hate relationship with the HP Prime. Love because it is a powerful and fast calculator and the CAS is really good. Hate because there is no RPN in CAS and the keyboard is not as good as the previous HP 50g and HP 48. I use my HP Prime only for graphics and some advanced CAS functions but for numerical calculations I use my HP 48 mainly because of the better keyboard layout.
@@cv97035 HP50's are a reasonable replacement for the HP48 if you don't need the expansion card slots, though I'll admit the keyboard isn't quite as good it makes up for it with speed. But the HP Prime was a huge step backwards with it's limited RPN.
very well summarized. In case of failure with the 48G, the Swissmicros DM42 and the HP15C CE are good successors in case of number crunching ...in RPN ! ;-)
The fact that they did not fix the screen is mind blowing. It works at all angles except the way that I need it to read it which is about a foot and a half in front of me. Or purchase a new screen or mod the one in there?
Yeah it's pretty dumb. Unfortunately I don't think there's going to be a fix for the G2 but it may be possible on a G1 HP Prime since (if you manage to successfully turn around the screen) you can edit the OS so it makes everything right side up still.
wow! First I would like to say that calculators are required in some classes, but when you can get away with it you can use online graphing an d scientific calculators that are better than their physical counterparts, and best of all their free! Geogebra and desmo are both great!
Apart from a very brief mention of the Casio at the beginning and an older dated version at the end of the video, this otherwise excellent review doesn't actually compare the Prime with the Colour Casio Classpad at all. Which in my opinion is the closest rival, due to its full touch screen and graphics manipulation like the prime. In fact this review overlooks the Classpad and its capabilities completely. Can you do another comparison between the Prime and just the Classpad CP400/500?
I'm still trying to figure out how to store and recall intermediate values under RPN using the HP Prime. The Sto button has no effect, and there's no RCL button.
I'm sure the picture is the correct orientation but the lcd itself probably isn't. If you tilt the screen away from you does the top status bar turn black?
@@TheLastMillennial Stays blue up to about 40 degrees and can read the title up to 60. But the screen text is easily readable down to 80+ degrees. To me it seems like a typical cheap phone. The other direction, from the top, the colors are better but the text is way worse. Anyway a non-issue for use.
Excellent review, but I saw that HP discontinued their prime calculator (no longer in their store, and their customer support confirmed that to me), do you still think it is a wise choice to get? If not, what is the next best thing?
Ugh, HP support is super dumb. The Prime is *not* discontinued, HP just doesn't carry it for some reason. In fact, I'm currently testing the third beta OS the HP calculator developers released this month so the Prime is still very much in active development. I still think the Prime is a wise choice and once this OS is out of beta, it'll be an even better choice since it's gaining Micro-Python support among other important upgrades.
@@TheLastMillennial Is it still the case that is is not discontinued? Looking at this vs the TI Nspire CX II CAS and want to make sure I have support in the future. I have not dug into your review yet (or your other vids, I probably will tomorrow) but I've heard that the prime cant do 3d graphing nearly as well as the nspire, is this true? Feel free to direct me to a spot on your article or a video if you've already covered it. Very thorough video by the way, nicely laid out.
@@iamsmashy It's not discontinued still. The last software update was just a few months ago. In my limited experience with the Nspire, I remember its 3D graphing performance was pretty impressive. However, it wasn't significantly better than the Prime. When plotting multiple simple graphs, the Prime and the Nspire both handle the plots easily and it just comes down to whether you like rotating the plot with the touch screen or touch pad better. Its been such a long time I don't remember much of comparing more complex 3d plots.
@@TheLastMillennial I seriously appreciate you responding so quickly. I’m an engineering student and I’m looking to up my game (especially because I’ve been borrowing a calculator). I’m going to go with the prime, especially since 3D graphing isn’t too different. Super glad you included those model numbers as well because I would have never known. Thanks a ton!
That's really too bad. It'd be perfectly acceptable if the school used Exam Mode which allows teachers to control what features they want you to have during a test. It's accepted on the SAT if that's important to you.
@@TheLastMillennial The Exam Mode allows you to turn off the CAS and other functions, and you set the amount of time for them to be turned off from 15 minutes all the way up to 7 hours. And when it's in Exam Mode lights show a pattern that it is still in Exam Mode so a teacher can see from a distance you're not cheating. Furthermore you can't take it off exam mode by removing the batteries, turning it off and on or anything else. The amount of time entered must elapse first.
Can you please provide links to the g2 calculator, because I cannot find them they are all in european. By the way, when was the g2 version of this calculator released?
Hi, the HP Prime G2 was released in 2018. I know people who have bought it from Best Buy here: www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-prime-handheld-graphing-calculator-black/6348951.p?skuId=6348951 . It looks like Amazon has started carrying it here: www.amazon.com/dp/B07HF6RXGG/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_hmomEbPN9AN6T If you aren't certain you're getting the G2, here's where I bought mine in the Netherlands: www.derekenwinkel.nl/hp-prime-grafische-rekenmachine-1271.html
hp calculator user since 1988. 28S, 48sx, etc. the build quality is near perfect. Shit almost forgot the 11C. That got me through Naval Nuclear Power school. Just ordered the Hp prime G2 today.
I still really like it! Unfortunately the software updates essentially paused until just a few days ago since HP outsourced their calculator division. A software beta was just released so at least the calculator isn't completely abandoned. If you think the calculator already handles the math you need then I still recommend it. However, I would not count on any major update that adds new features.
For me, the one thing that is missing in the HP Prime is a buzzer or speaker / sound and tone functions (that existed in all previous top of the line HP calculators since the HP-41 in 1980). If they added this, it would be nearly perfect.
That's an unusual wish list. Unfortunately, standardized test prohibit anything that makes any noise so a speaker would ban the Prime from most tests. I've never used a calculator with a built-in speaker so maybe I don't know what I'm missing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@TheLastMillennial HP's first ever pocket calculator, the HP-35, was intended to be an *engineering* tool. College tests represent a time span of 6 years in someone's life; after that, people are not going to toss away their calculator, are they? At worst, the requirement for silence is something that could be a mute mode. Or there could be a "engineering" or "professional" version of the Prime, with the features (wi-fi, sound, infra-red communication, instrumentation interface) that would not be allowed in a student's calculator. I would buy that in a second, even at double the price of my current Prime.
@@TheLastMillennial There could be a lot of value in being able to produce sound. Suppose for instance, that you have an iterative calculation that returns intermediate results regularly, and needs to run a quite a while. You could stare at the display as the most recent results scroll by, but that could be tiring and would not give you much information on the fly. But suppose that there was a tonal frequency associated with the value of the results? You could listen and pick up patterns. Not saying that they would be important all the time, but certainly useful at time. Here is a video perhaps worth watching: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kPRA0W1kECg.html This shows sorting algorithms in action, with the value being sorted, and a tone associated for each value. I find it mesmerizing. This is something that one could do with an HP-50; if the calculator could run fast enough.
@@darylcheshire1618 I suppose it is always a possibility, the issue being how does an examiner ensures that it has been deactivated? Still, that is a secondary consideration: there are plenty of calculators with the lack of otherwise desirable features that make them eligible for exams around; the point is: who cares about those with a need OUTSIDE of examinations? Where are the all-singing, all dancing *professional* calculators?
Any updates on the 3D parametric grapher or programming languages? I want to buy this calculator and I heard the hp prime gets software updates, so I want to know if they added those things
The built-in Python compatibility via the CAS has improved slightly, but it's still no where near as good as competing calculators. HP is definitely working on that but the team is so tiny they're having a hard time pushing out features. There hasn't been any development on the 3D parametric grapher.
Excuse me for my ignorance, but what are the differences between the 2AP18AA and the 2AP18AA#ABA models? On Amazon I've found the 2AP18AA#B1S model, is it yet another version, in what does it differ from the other two? Thank you for the video, I'm going to buy a new cas calculator and it has been very helpful.
As I understand, it's the same calculator. There may be slightly different components on the inside as HP refines the hardware but you'll be getting the same performance as any G2 model. I can ask my HP friends to confirm this.
@@TheLastMillennial Thank you, it just seemed odd to me that there are different models without any specifications online about the differences. Now I can buy it safely.
I apologize but I was incorrect. The calculator you're getting is still exactly the same, but the tag at the end specifies what packaging you'll be getting. For example #ABA means you'll be getting a US wall adapter in the box along with USB cables. My HP Prime had the tag of #B1S which meant it only came with USB cables. I've made a thread here: www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-15386.html
Sorry for my dumb question, but my English isn't that good, for my industrial engineering, you recommend the hp prime or the casio classpad II? I don't really find comparisons on RU-vid
Definitely get the HP Prime. The HP Prime has a better screen, better buttons, and is faster. I did a short comparison of the calculators here: www.cemetech.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=282881#282881
I have a question. I am a AP student, on the official website of AP calculator support list it does support “HP Prime”. But the problem is that it refers to the old version or the latest g2?
It's referring to both. Although the hardware of the G2 is different on the inside, the software is nearly identical so there's no unapproved functions on the G2. The G2 also looks exactly like the G1 models except for the G2 logo on the back.
I would like to buy one of this calculator, but, i really don't know this calculator give me a good benefit. I'm student of engineering, and i would like to ask if this calculator will help me. Sorry my english is not good.
@@TheLastMillennial I prefer a physical calculator, but I wanna to buy a Hp 50G, because the Hp Prime is to much expensive here in Brazil. A Hp Prime it's like a minimun salary. Thank you for help me.
@@TB-wvvvw I bought the HP Prime, and there are some things that I don't like. Per exemple, there isn't too many contents on the internet for the hp prime, the 50g if you google you will probaly find a thousand of tutorials and things. The prime, I can't resolve a 50 per 50 linear system, at the 50g i can. So the calculator is too new, principelly that i live in Brasil, and my professors don't have this calculator so they can't help me to use it.
Hello,i have a Prime G2,very powerful pocket computer.Just one question: i saw in your video the picture of a torus,but in my Prime there are not parametrics 3D. How did you do?
Hello everyone. Great review. I am wanting to buy the hp prime g2 but held back by font size and character positioning on the screen. The characters are all so small because there is so many lines in the display. And the characters are not in a natural place as they would be written. The independent terms 3×4 appears on extreme left of bottom line but the dependent terms 12 result is hard against the right side 3 inches away. When we write equations on paper we put terms together. Also when we write we start at top of page and write downwards adding lines. But on the hp lines move up from the extreme bottom of the screen. Finally the characters are so small you have to concentrate down hard to read. I did read possibility of a small medium large font default but did not know if this was on the calculator or only on the emulator. Pls could people help me with these three issues. Good day and thank you.
Apologies for my previous reply, I showed the wrong calculator. The HP Prime uses a micro usb charging cable. The cable will only plug in one way. You can plug the other end into a laptop or charging brick. If the calculator is getting power it will show a charging icon. I'd recommend leaving the screen on while it's charging since it can have problems charging all the way when off.
Yes they do last months however, it's not because it's old, the CE is in a completely different performance class than the HP Prime. The CE's processor is extremely low powered which is why it's battery life is so great.
Not at all. The Prime isn't discontinued, HP just doesn't carry it on their website for some reason. Unfortunately I don't have insight as to why this is. The HP calculator team releases several betas a few months ago so the Prime is still very much in development.
@@TB-wvvvw HP's development of new calculator has certainly halted for the foreseeable future. However, I think it's fair to interpret "making calculators" as "producing calculators"; HP still produces and sells the HP Prime.
About the viewing angles: I have a feeling the decision was made to gain a bigger share of the high school market - the schools, not the students, since the viewing angle problem actually makes cheating more difficult.
Not really, the side viewing angles are quite good and someone sitting across from you can see the screen better than you. If HP really wanted to prevent cheating using viewing angles they could have implemented a strict polarizer that has very narrow viewing angles. I'm pretty confident this is purely a cost cutting measure.
Yes! Major hardware improvements! It has over 4 times the RAM and ROM and a much faster CPU along with a better battery. I highly recommend the G2 over the original.
No puede distinguir la diferencia a menos que mire la parte posterior de la calculadora. El HP Prime G2 tendrá un círculo con las letras G2 dentro del círculo. El HP Prime G1 no tendrá la marca. Pido disculpas por el descuidado español. Estoy usando un traductor.
Where did you see that? HP has certainly not discontinued it, they just don't sell it from their website. You'll have to get it from Amazon or some other vendor.
The choice depends on what interface you prefer. If you enjoy touch screens then the HP Prime will be better. If you like keyboards then the Nspire CX II CAS will be better. You won't be disappointed with either calculator.
i bought the hp prime. its is a powerfull tool, you can use its capacity to plot functions and graphics to make easier the understanding of many relations in mathemathics and physics... and it is a really fast and intuitive machine.. also i have implemented many programs that have boost my work flow.. thanks a lot
Hi I want to know the difference between this version and the HP PRIME 2AP18AA? And the HP PRIME G2...I'm really confused and I want the newest version for 2022 TFT for graphing.....please help
Unfortunately, it does not seem to be a priority for HP. I suspect they're working on some sort of Python app or simple bug fixes instead. I have no idea when they'll release it but I don't think it'll be anytime soon. :(
@@TheLastMillennial Do you reckon that the graphing API is capable enough to allow the writing of a decent 3d parametric plotter with PPL? Thanks for the review, very informative and complete!
Alex Gian, I apologize for missing your comment. Yes, PPL is certainly powerful enough for a 3D parametric grapher, we just need a developer or an experienced community members to make it!
It comes with a short getting started guide. Nothing super detailed though. www.hpmuseum.org/forum/forum-5.html or hpcalc.org would be the best resources to learn about the calculator.
@@TheLastMillennial thanks, I saw a glimpse of it at the end of your video. When I was an instructor in college I used it more than the calculator itself since I could create the lab class, examples with calculations on text
Unfortunately there's no Pokémon that I know of on the HP Prime. You can try looking for it yourself on the HP forum but that's my best guess on where it'd be.
If you have the calculator yourself then just look for a little G2 logo on the back of the calculator: m.imgur.com/a/67i4nNs . If you're looking for it online, then look for the product number. Revision A is: NW280AA ; Revision B or C is: G8X92AA ; Revision D (the G2) is: 2AP18AA
One year after buying this calculator, the "1" key is not working unless pressed perfectly in the center. That's not what I expected from an HP product. A proper keyboard would have costed probably two bucks more on the overall high price. Quite disappointing. The UI sucks, but is tolerable. What is not tolerable is having to review all my calculations because keys are not registering.
@@TheLastMillennial Unfortunately, the HP site shows my warranty as expired. I have opened a support case, and will let you know whether this will be fixed or trashed :-(
If they won't take care of you, I'd be interested in getting ahold of your calculator. If I can fix it I'll send it back to you. You can contact me through the business email found on my channel's about page if you have questions about this.
Hello, thank you very much for the video! I have a question, what battery can I use as a replacement for this G2 model? I've been reading that samsung galaxy s3 battery can be use as a replacement but the battery of G2 is 2000mAh and the galaxy's 2100 mAh. Is this not going to cause a problem?
I'm glad you found it useful! The battery capacity (measured in mAh) won't be a problem. The higher the mAh number, the more charge the calculator can hold leading to longer battery life. I've been using a 2,500 mAh Galaxy S3 battery in my calculator for the past year without issue. Just be aware that capacities over 2,500 may start messing with the battery dimensions and will be too thick for the calculator.
I wish HP make HP prime as good as 50 G. HP prime is more for high school students while 50G is designed for engineering student, engineers, scientists. HP Prime has color screen and can display good graphic but lacks of andvanced maths and engineering built-in.
Here is the screen protector I'm using: www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q36JPB5/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_GhyuEbGYG62WH I do not have any personal experience with calculator pouches, however I searched for "HP Prime Case" on Amazon and found this which is designed to fit the calculator: www.amazon.com/dp/B07KWSYM4H/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_tnyuEb97J29VM I'm glad you enjoyed the review! I'm sorry I couldn't post this in Spanish, I am not sure how badly Google Translate will mess up the context with the links.
I didn't mention it because I don't have on-hand experience with that calculator. As I said in the review, I had been using the TI-84 Plus CE for years and I was seeing if the HP Prime could make me switch from such a familiar layout. I decided to include the Nspire because that's its main competitor that has CAS, and I included the Casio Classpad because it's the only other modern touch screen calculator. Unfortunately, a stock Numworks calculator does not have these attributes so it just didn't fit in this review. I'm not hating on Numworks by any means, it's definitely a calculator that's on my wish list. However, I couldn't compare it to all the different calculator brands out there so I kept it to the ones I had experience with and could provide a solid opinion on.
I'm not really following your cons on the screen. It's the same resolution, but bigger, and capacitive, which would mean same, better, better, yet it gets a C+? Do the other calculators get like D- for their screens? A bigger screen is a super-plus, I find all calculators have miniscule displays. What exactly is WORSE with the screen? Or is it just that all other screens are EVEN WORSE? You gloss over this very quickly for such an abysmal score. It's not at all clear what the issue is.
In retrospect it would have been better if I had broken down the parts of the screen into subcategories. You're right, having a large capacitive screen is fantastic! I do wish the resolution was higher but it's not a big downfall. One part of the screen I really didn't like was the anti aliasing that makes the the text blurry if you want to use small font. The part I disliked the most and where the screen lost the most points was the viewing angles. They are absolutely horrible compared to every other calculator I've used before. Now if it was as simple as that, I'd probably give the screen a B or so. I made it lower because of the dumb decision some higher up at HP made which forced all the screens to be upside down just to save a cent. The upside down screen makes it significantly harder (and sometimes impossible) to read the text and see the icons when viewing off angle, especially in dark mode. I use the calculator off angle all the time which is why it's a particular sore spot for me.
Thanks for the review. I know it's an old video, but the audio is very disturbing, it sounds like your voice has some parasitic echo and is strangely split spatially - if that makes sense.
I tried the HP Prime G2 and was not happy. The display keys were imho too stiff, the screen resolution too low and last bat not least the viewing angle dependency. They should have installed the display upside down or use a better one. It is horrible to have the calculator in front of you on the table (so you look at the display from below) and have a very unpleasant brightness. Very unpleasant user experience for an top-notch performance calculator.
The keys are a preference, they'll get a bit softer as you use it. The resolution is definitely low, but it's the same resolution most graphing calculators use. The viewing angles are bad because HP already installed the display upside down. It was certainly a terrible choice on their part. I noticed you didn't mention the software at all, what are your thoughts?
My top complaint for this calculator is its lack of a second parentheses key, this makes it extremely infuriating to put parentheses in after the fact, my next complaint is that when you select the fraction button it doesn’t put the number right before it as the numerator, but you might say that you could just use divide, but no, that takes the number and whatever it is multiplied by and puts it as the numerator. this may not technically be a problem, but it becomes annoying when doing chemistry calculations and laying them out visually, and these are the reasons why I also always bring a scientific calculator with me. Other than these minor problems though, this is worlds best calculator hands down.
I find the parenthesis combo button a minor nuisance. It's something I've just gotten use to after so long. I also wish the fraction wouldn't put everything into the numerator but that's just how higher level calculators work, the Nspire CX II has the same behavior.
@@Alen069 From my limited knowledge of that calculator, the Casio GC-50 is nothing to scoff at. Although it's not nearly as fast as the HP Prime G2, it does have Python support. I don't you'll be dissatisfied if you get either one.
Yeah the software is really a big downer on the HP Prime. The developers I know are great people, I just don't know why the team can't push out some of the features and bug fixes quicker.
I got the G1 HP Prime that runs at 400 MHz. I am curious about the specs differences because I recall seeing a video of my tunnel game running way faster.
The Numworks is nothing to scoff at. However it's a trade off. HP Prime G2 gets CAS and a touch screen while Numworks is cheaper and has Python support.
Interesting! I have a HP Prime (not G2) but that one suffers from file system corruption. I wrote a lot of software on it concerning my research into the Collatz conjecture. So once in a while the menus and the memory get corrupted. The latest update I tried includes all the user functions inside the catalog which makes the catalog now unusable to me because it can not hold all the functions I wrote... I contacted HP support about the filesystem corruption and they wanted to have all my software but I am not releasing that to them concerning my work on the Collatz conjecture although I promised to make a stripped down version to see if that one will still cause the file system corruption but then I never really came to it. Also because HP support does not appear to be working on this all that hard and all the material I sent them containing corrupted files never got any serious response. They just want to have all my software.... In the meantime I have been using the calculator just for simple calculations but I stopped programming on it. Although, the filesystem corruption aside it is a great machine! So I was looking at this video how G2 is doing and seeing that it locks up in that game and needs to be reset made me wonder whether the filesystem corruption is still there... Although it has more RAM which could help. And then I saw your comment on Numworks... And that is interesting, maybe design an other board with a more powerful processor, more RAM and a touch screen and use the same case or keypad. Or maybe... open up my HP prime and put an other board inside it and run the open source Numworks/Epsilon os on it? Or maybe put a Raspberry Pi 4 inside? Or.... 😃😃😃
I'm sorry about the file system corruption! I do hope you back up your important files regularly! I've also learned to do that the hard way. The HP calculator team appears to be cripplingly tiny. Although it's not ok that you never got a serious response, I think the team just needs more manpower that HP won't give them. It's really a shame because with some better software and customer service the HP Prime would be unbeatable. It would be pretty awesome if you managed to fit a raspberry pi inside the Prime or the Numworks calculator. Let me know if you decide to try that!
@@TheLastMillennial This will probably be caught by the spam filter, but here's the link to the project on github :-) zardam.github.io/post/raspberrypi-numworks/
I saw a comment below stating that you can't buy a new HP Prime any longer. This is incorrect, I just bought a spare. :) You can still buy them new from Amazon in 2023. The G2 model can be confusing to pick out, but the part number that you want is 2AP18AA for the G2. If it has "#ABA" at the end of the part number, that's the US version, "#B1S" is for European markets. Otherwise it's the same calculator. Be aware that the G8X92AA part number is the original Prime, and has been superseded by the 2AP18AA version.
May not be a scam but you've spent way too much. I would cancel the order and find a less expensive option (around $150 usd or less). There is no 2022 version, the hardware was last updated in 2018. The faster hardware's model ID is 2AP18AA so be sure to look for that when you buy.
Thank you for a superb in depth review, (I came here from the HP Museum site). I was looking to replace my aging HP48, (display failing), for daily use, this review has convinced me to buy the Prime G2. I'm a semi retired engineer and have been an HP user from the HP41CV, which I bought to replace a terrible, (for programming), TI59. The 48 has been amazing, but even though I have a spare, I don't want to carry it around any more, too precious to risk it getting lost or damaged.
My TI-92+ is finally dying after more than 20 years. Here's my big question: does its computer algebra system understand and allow in-expression use of units of measure? Solving real-world measurement problems is the functionality I've most valued in my TI-92+.
