Financial Calculator Rant

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Try for helpful hints TI BA II PLUSâ„¢ PROFESSIONAL - Atomic Learning
And be glad you didn't get the ti83 graphing. I put that thing on a shelf never to look at again. Just to darn confusing even with all the software tutorials; could not take it. :confused:
Me think no one told you TI is to calculators what MS is to software. It is designed to live and operate in a universe all to itself.

I actually use both the TI-34II and the Sharp Scientific (IMO easier to navigate than the BAII). After four years I'm still finding little shortcuts.

Good Luck!! Keep in mind once you get it, its like riding a bike!!

Can I just vent for a minute, guys? Ok, so I'm taking Finance on 1/22 and prepping like a maniac. Have gone thru IC twice, read the Hirt text, viewed the Chairman's greeting, etc.

So, I got my new TI BAII Plus Professional calculator a couple of days ago thinking "Yippppeee, here's gonna be some free points on those nasty TVM questions". Yeah, that level of enthusiasm had a shorter life span than a chocolate chip cookie here at my house. Roughly 2 seconds.

I think I am working harder at figuring out the darn calculator than I did on reading the whole Hirt textbook. I have just started some of the online tutorials geared for this calculator and hope they will help - but dang - it's a lot of memorizing what key to push when. And, there's hundreds of them! Well, not really but it feels like it, right Categ??? :eek:

Anyway, thanks for letting me rant. I feel (somewhat) better now. Back to the grindstone. I hate this test already by the way.

Happy New Year to all,
Kelly