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19. Jan 2016
What happened to HP Calculators?
1 von 1 finden das hilfreich Near the turn of the century, the decision was made to terminate HP's calculator department and outsource it to Kinpo electronics - an Asian calculator company. Once personal computers existed, and especially laptops, HP calculators were outpaced and overpowered. Now they are regarded as toys for High School students, I'm sorry to say. The HP 32sii would've been used in the Trench during the Apollo missions had it been available. It is not a toy.
15. Feb 2016
It works well.
It fits. It allows me to recharge the batteries with a good recharger. It's all that its' maker claimed it was.
02. Mär 2016
The second to last Scientific Programmable RPN calculator HP made.
7 von 7 finden das hilfreich "This calculator is often regarded as the best ever made in terms of quality, key stroke feel, ease of programming, and daily usability for engineers. Many scientists and engineers use this calculator today, 25 years after its introduction."
Wikipedia on the HP 42s
Around the turn of the century, HP terminated its' calculator development team and decided to reduce the quality of its' calculators. Since then, Kinpo Electronics of China has been making scientific programmable calculators and HP has been putting their name on it. Kinpo made the HP 33s and the current HP 35s calculators. If you'll read the reviews on eBay, Amazon and HP's own public reviews you'll notice that Kinpo's calculators aren't as good as the one's HP used to make. HP must have read them too and obviously doesn't care any more.
In my opinion, the best scientific programmable calculators that HP ever made are the HP 67, HP 15c, HP 32sii and the HP 42s (although I'm very fond of the HP 29c and HP 34c) The best of the bunch I'd have to say is the HP 42s. Personally, I'd like to see an HP 15cii and an HP 42sii. I've asked HP's new President & CEO Dion Weisler to do just that, but I'm not holding my breath. I don't expect HP to ever make a quality calculator again. HP no longer deserves to be associated with quality.
Judging by the high prices HP calculators prior to 2001 fetch on eBay, I'd say many others feel the same about HP now. That's a real same. We've told HP what we want and that we're willing to pay for it. Yet, they still won't do it!