Select USB and the calculator acts like a USB drive. When you connect fx-CG 50 to the computer, the calculator will offer connection choices. All that is needed is the USB cord that comes with the calculator.
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I’d probably buy the calculator except I don’t want to pay for a yearly fx-CG Manager PLUS Subscription in order to transfer Python files.Ī subscription is not required to transfer files from a fx-CG 50 files to a computer. However, the Casio does what it does do very well (and it comes with a periodic table built in!). Both calculators are great, but the Prime does far more. My verdict (as you've probably guessed): the Prime, unless you're buying it for use in a UK school. For Python on the Prime, see this thread. I can't comment on the Python as I don't actually have the CG-50. The Prime has excellent built-in help the Casio doesn't. People have complained about the lack of CAS documentation for the Prime, but most questions can be answered if you look around or ask here.
#SQRT TI CONNECT CE MANUALS#
Schools will be familiar with Casio machines.ĭocumentation: there are complete online manuals for each machine. In exam mode the Prime should be fine as well, but schools won't be familiar with it and will probably not allow it unless they are introduced to it well in advance. The Casio calculator is approved for use in exams, so long as its memory is cleared beforehand (so, naturally, no CAS or pre-written programs!). HP appears to do zero marketing here, and even TI is rarely seen in high street shops. The Prime user experience is better, in my opinion.įor school use: in the UK, Casio calculators rule.
All of the built-in apps and the CAS have been designed to work together, or at least to work in the same way. There is even a (rather limited) RPN calculator that I wrote a long time ago: this runs on the CG-20, so it will probably run on the CG-50 too.īut on the Prime, everything is fully integrated. Finally, the Prime does have an RPN mode built in: this may or may not matter to you.Įxtra apps are available for the Casio: C.Basic is much faster and fuller-featured than Casio Basic Bernhard Parisse has ported XCas to the Casio, so you can have a CAS if you want one. There is no built-in CAS app on the Casio the Prime's CAS is, of course, very powerful. It doesn't begin to compare with programming on the Prime - very little structure and (I think) only single-character variable names. Casio's BASIC programming language is an app - it works, but it isn't great. The Prime numerical solver handles multiple equations with ease the Casio solver doesn't. I don't think that there is anything like the Prime's advanced graphing app on the Casio. Without exception, I think that the apps on the Prime are well ahead of the corresponding app on the Casio machine.
if you've never had one you won't miss it, of course!īoth calculators use apps, with a good number built in on each. I use the touch screen on the Prime a lot - for moving graphs around, selecting previous inputs / outputs, etc. This isn't an issue the Prime is plenty clear enough. The colour display of the Casio is lower-resolution but it is clearer: it uses bit-mapped fonts as opposed to the antialiased fonts on the Prime.
The Prime keyboard is more of a classic HP feel some people don't like the softer Casio keyboards, but they are completely reliable (as is the Prime, in my experience). The two calculators have a similar price: on .uk the CG-50 is about £10 cheaper than the Prime V2. I don't own the Casio CG-50, but I do have a Casio CG-20 and the school at which I teach encourages sixth-form maths students (ages 16-18) to buy the CG-50, so I know what it is like. (10-24-2018 08:07 AM)tcab Wrote: Also, can anybody compare this calc to our venerable mighty Prime? I can predict the Prime will be way faster, but in terms of design and UI I'd be interested in a quick opinion from someone who owns both.
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